Category: Fiction

“Monsieur”

I have just finished re-reading Lawrence Durrell's Monsieur - my first reading of the book being many years ago, not that long after finishing The Alexandria Quartet. I remember being spellbound by the latter, though I worry now that memory may only be a byproduct of a certain fondness for the rosy literary hue... This … Continue reading “Monsieur” →

Here are some of the posts on last week’s Substack

Digest of last week’s Substack activity

Digest of some of last week’s Substack activity

“Stories and Texts for Nothing”

The most remarkable thing about Samuel Beckett's Stories and Texts for Nothing is the percentage of the short 'nothing texts' which prefigure or overlap Waiting for Godot. Even to the extent of remarkably similar - if not repeated - phrases. Not surprising really given that they were all written around the same time, 1945-1950. There … Continue reading “Stories and Texts for Nothing” →

Digest of this week’s Substack activity

Here is a summary of my activity on Substack this week. Click on any of the images to be taken to the post concerned. Free Preview Free Preview FREE FREE Free Preview FREE

Free subscription anyone?

I would like to offer my website subscribers a free month's subscription to my Substack site. However, in order to do so I need to be confident that you have accepted receiving emails from me. I'm pretty sure you have as you'll get an email every time I put out a post like this one! … Continue reading Free subscription anyone? →

This week’s recent Substack activity…

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New content for you on my Substack site!

Having spent the best part of the last two days shaping my Substack site and uploading its initial content, I thought I would let you know what's there - and what won't be here... A section dedicated to works-in-progress. The first entry here introduces a photography/poetry collaboration I've started to work on, and includes the … Continue reading New content for you on my Substack site! →

Come on over to Substack!

I'm beginning my Substack journey! Please come on over! https://open.substack.com/pub/iangouge/p/writing-is-a-lonely-business?r=2wlvty&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web