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A supernatural thriller & a stormy place
In 1994 I moved into coastguard cottage #6 in Birling Gap, East Sussex. It’s an iconic place in England; whenever the…
July 14, 2015-
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BlogJim Shepard’s THE BOOK OF ARON
Jim Shepard’s tender new novel, The Book of Aron is set in the Warsaw ghetto. Aron is the teller. The book collects…
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BlogRupert Thomson selects two books to destroy
Which books should a writer obliterate? Rupert Thomson chose two at the Stoke Newington Bookshop last night – his novels Soft, and Air…
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Blog, WritingThe role of narrative and argument
My big writing projects can take decades. I’m not slow, but redraft a great deal. Of late, I’ve felt a…
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Blog, WritingWill Self and the Creative writing PhD
In his piece on the Death of the Novel in The Guardian, Will Self comments on his own PhD Creative Writing…
May 28, 2015 -
BlogRichard Bean’s GREAT BRITAIN: a counter view of the National Theatre
Did I laugh at Richard Bean’s Great Britain at the National Theatre. Yes … largely at the crudity of the tabloid…
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Blog, WritingBarbara Kingsolver’s FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR – a grand model for the environmental novel
I’m tracking through a lot of books as I tackle my own nonfiction project, on climate change and environmental…
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BlogNew Generation Thinker
Here’s a wee film I made about about Haldane while also setting a writing challenge, made by the Review team…
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