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Month: May 2012

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Do you want to write for me?

I'm going on a little trip around other islands of the Caribbean for a month or so in June and July, and had the idea of inviting you…
31 May 2012
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The Body is a Temple by Luke Bitmead

First of all, I should declare an interest. As regular readers will know, I won the Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary in 2008,…
28 May 2012
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How reading can improve your love life

Have you ever tried reading aloud with someone else? Have you noticed differences in the reading process?
24 May 2012
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Book fairs are dangerous

Do you ever get carried away in bookshops or at bookfairs, and buy far more than you’d planned? Is it consumerism, or…
23 May 2012
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Test of stamina at Bim Literary Festival, day two

Wow. That was intense. Three hours on a hard bench listening to poetry readings with no break and no refreshments. That’s a…
21 May 2012
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Earl Lovelace at Bim Literary Festival

Trinidadian writer Earl Lovelace was the second attraction last night at Bim Literary Festival. For my report on the first part of the evening,…
18 May 2012
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Austin Clarke at Bim Literary Festival

After my unintended gatecrashing of a class with Derek Walcott earlier in the day, this was an event I was actually allowed…
18 May 2012
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Learning from Derek Walcott: Bim Literary Festival, day one

How often do you get to meet a Nobel Prize winner? That was my main rationale for going along to a Master…
18 May 2012
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Great opportunity for unpublished UK writers

If you are an unpublished UK writer with a novel manuscript ready for submission, I’d strongly recommend that you check out the…
14 May 2012

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