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Hold on tight and prepare yourself for a world-wide tour of new fiction, published this autumn by SALT.

Kicking off in the small towns of California’s Central Valley, Manuel Munoz’s outstanding collection The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue brings to life the interdependence of two disparate communities and how their paths cross to reveal [...]

Salt author Luke Kennard will be at the Birmingham Book Festival this year to, amongst other adventures, apply his brilliant mind to David Foster Wallace’s complexed and beguiling novel ‘Infinite Jest’, in the form of a seminar.

When not writing works of treasure for Salt readers, Kennard works as a Creative Writing lecturer at [...]

The 4th annual Manchester Literature Festival is taking place 15-25 October 2009. Full details for the programme are here, which is definitely worth exploring: ; there really is something for everyone. But let us bring to your attention the event that is happening on the 18th October:

Northern Salt — a showcase of [...]

My dear and faithful Salteens, soon we will be shaking things up here at HQ and we want to know your thoughts about what might emerge- aside of course from the ever constant bountiful life source that is our own special brand of sodium chloride!

How can we make your reading taste better? [...]

Last year Siân Hughes was a prize winner in the Troubadour Poetry Prize and will be reading at the Troubadour on September 21st.

Don’t miss this year’s competition:

Judges: Maura Dooley & Jamie McKendrick (Both judges will read all poems). Prizes: 1st £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250, & 20 prizes of £20 each

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Liz Gallagher The Wrong Miracle Three tour stops in Ireland

Friday 11th September from 8pm Sheridan’s Wine Bar 14-16 Church Yard Street Galway http://www.overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/ 14th of September from 7.00pm to 8.30pm ? Bh?al The Hayloft Winthrop Street Cork http://www.obheal.ie/blog/?page_id=19#14thSeptember

Wednesday 16th September The Whitehouse 52 O’Connell Street Limerick http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/ [...]