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But if it were real

The White Road by Tania Hershman Amy Charles 19 October 2008

It?s not an unusual tactic for fiction writers who are not themselves scientists: do something science-themed and decorate the work with beautiful words and images lifted from science.

Tania Hershman does better. She?s not [...]

Tom Pow Dear Alice: Narratives of Madness

THERE WAS A SHIFT in the understanding of lunacy in the early 1800s. The Enlightenment had turned its back on old superstitious notions that madness was somehow connected to ignorance and sin; the madness of George III made the admission of [...]

Nielsen Innovation of the Year winners, Salt, have launched a unique initiative, Cyclone: Salt Publishing Virtual Book Tours .

?We wanted to bring together great literary blogs with great new writing, and create something that both builds traffic and reception for blogs and our authors. With Cyclone, everyone wins,? said Chris [...]

Monday 20th October 2008 at 7.00 p.m. There will be a welcome drink from 6.30 p.m.

Poet in the City invites you to a major event combining poetry and architecture in celebration of the opening of a spectacular new arts and office complex at Kings Place, near King?s Cross. There is [...]

Poetry Library

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Poetry reading with Tom Chivers, Valeria Melchioretto , and Sasha Aurora Akhtar Monday 27 October 2008, 6.30pm

A poetry reading celebrating the poetry scene in Britain today with poets including Tom Chivers, Valeria Melchioretto and Sascha Aurora Akhtar .

Please note: this free event requires a ticket, [...]

The award was announced at a ceremony at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday 9 October, is for the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature (A&U), which the pair edited.

Winners of the 14th annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander awards have been announced at a spectacular star-studded ceremony held at the Sydney [...]

The Poetry Bank Mark Waldron The Brand New Dark (Winter, Editor’s Choice)

The Poetry Book Society Tim Dooley, Keeping Time (Winter, PBS Recommendation)

Poets on Fire First Collection Prize Rosie Garner (Winner) Diana Pooley (Winner) Tony Williams (Winner)

Forward Prizes for Poetry Simon Barraclough, Los Alamos Mon Amour (Shortlisted, Felix Dennis [...]

For some time, I?ve been meaning to say something about Me and the Dead, debut collection from Katy Evans-Bush, a.k.a. Ms Baroque from the blog, Baroque in Hackney. This isn?t a review in the normal sense. I know Katy. I?ve even slept on the Baroque Mansion sofa after a memorable evening in [...]