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'Male Artists’ Dressing Room (Clock)' from 'STILL' by Roelof Bakker

How interesting projects come about

  As a writer, you spend hours scouring the listings in The Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, signing up for newsletters to hear of the latest story contests and magazine markets, sending off your official submission packages to anonymous editors, getting…
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“The Brothers” by Asko Sahlberg

The Brothers, by Finnish writer Asko Sahlberg, is the first in Peirene Press’s series of the “Small Epic”. The publisher also draws comparisons with Shakespeare and William Faulkner. No pressure, then. Surprisingly the book did not disappoint. It’s only 122 pages…
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The future of book talks

There was a time, way back in 2011, when a book event used to consist of an author standing in a dusty library or bookshop and droning on about himself and his work, followed by a book signing and a…
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What would you like to see?

I’ve been making some changes to this website recently. New Year, fresh start. What do you think of the new look? Please be honest, because I’m still working on it and can make changes. Is there anything that’s hard to…
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