INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ELIZABETH MCGEOWN

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ELIZABETH MCGEOWN

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ELIZABETH MCGEOWN       On telling a friend I am writing to an insect theme and finding out months later she has assumed I meant maggots But Maggots do not cross my mind at all: the plump rot-seeking them of single mind. Fat...
ONLINE EVENTS: AUGUST 2021

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Listing for August 2021: Online Literary Events   Hello, August! COVID-19 is still with us, but life has taken a few steps closer to resembling normality. Here in the UK, many Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted. Organisers are juggling various challenges to...
Writing Advice: Editing Fiction Tips

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Writing Advice: Editing Fiction Tips   By Emma Evans   Once upon a time, there was a writer who had to edit a piece of work and had no idea where to start…   Ever finished writing, delighted to have written a variation of ‘The End’, and gone back to the...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS STEPHEN LIGHTBOWN

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INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS STEPHEN LIGHTBOWN     Day 1: Bristol I drink the juice from the tinned peaches. Gulp down survivor syndrome, ignore the urge to add cream and lady fingers. Thinking of dessert doesn’t seem right when I can’t smile at you across...
REVIEW: JAY BERNARD’S ‘SURGE’

REVIEW: JAY BERNARD’S ‘SURGE’

REVIEW: JAY BERNARD’S SURGE’     Reviewed by Stella Backhouse   “remember we were brought here from the clear waters of our dreams/that we might be named, numbered and forgotten”: the first line as headlong as a laughing stream; the second as emphatic...