October 2014 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Under the Tripoli Sky by Kamal Ben Hameda

Peirene Press is known for publishing contemporary European literature in translation, but its latest offering takes us a little further afield, to Tripoli in…

Latest UK book stats

Came across some interesting stats on UK book sales in the latest issue of The Author magazine from the Society of Authors, and…

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Thinking¹⁹³
Literary events⁶⁵
Living⁴¹
The writing process³⁴
On the Holloway Road³¹
Published work²²
A Virtual Love¹⁴
Travel¹³
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Andrew Blackman on Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico: “This comment made me smile. I’ve also lived outside my home country for most of my adult life, and I…” Jan 6, 15:45
Andrew Blackman on There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak: “Hi Beth, Thanks for commenting. Interesting idea about footnotes/endnotes! I tend not to like them much in fiction, but they…” Jan 6, 15:43
Andrew Blackman on Borges Marathon, Part 13: The Circular Ruins: “It is a good one! I don’t think my post really did it justice, to be honest.” Jan 6, 15:35
Andrew Blackman on Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos: “Hi Robert, Although I enjoyed the book more than you did, I did also struggle with the number of characters…” Jan 6, 15:33
Andrew Blackman on After Dark by Haruki Murakami: “Thanks very much for the comment. I’m glad you found my post interesting, and I very much enjoyed reading your…” Jan 6, 15:28

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Month: October 2014

Under the Tripoli Sky by Kamal Ben Hameda

Latest UK book stats

Reading³⁹⁸

Thinking¹⁹³

Literary events⁶⁵

Living⁴¹

The writing process³⁴

On the Holloway Road³¹

Published work²²

A Virtual Love¹⁴

Travel¹³

Uncategorized⁷

“Tail of the Blue Bird” by Nii Ayikwei Parkes

The ten rules of writing fiction

New short story published

The only possible system