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Archive for September, 2014

The Future Remembered – ‘Harvest’ by Jim Crace and ‘The Slynx’ by Tatyana Tolstaya

While I was reading Harvest I felt The Slynx creep under my skin. Odd sensation and it started me thinking. Both are brilliant, imaginative books by two great writers. They’re stories that I couldn’t put down, books that caused me to ruminate on life’s big questions, rich in language, beauty and surprises. And when I’d […]

The Mount – in White Review/Lawrence Lek collaboration ‘Pyramid Schemes’

I’m so pleased that a piece of text I submitted to ‘The White Review’ earlier this year was accepted for inclusion in Lawrence Lek’s installation and artist’s book, Pyramid Schemes. This is how the work is described: ”Pyramid Schemes’ is a collaborative project organized by Lawrence Lek and The White Review to showcase a collection […]

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