As a Faber Member I received an unsolicited email offering me 25% off a range of Short Story titles. I decided to take them up on their offer. At the checkout however, the discount code in the email failed to work. I decided to buy the books and sort the discount out afterwards. When I … Continue reading Faber: sharp practice or incompetence?
Category: Short Stories
Putting pen to paper – w/c 2nd October
Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week? Meetings and Events - a meeting with the Hammond House organisation, hopefully to arrange a performance of Crash early in the new year - YES (though nothing fixed as yet) hosting Contextual: 20 poetry reading event on Thursday (via Zoom) - YES … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 2nd October
Sonnet Man #8 – “In the Hospice”
https://videopress.com/v/jsWcq3Ag?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "In the Hospice" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
“Mostly Hero”
For once the blurb in a book is absolutely correct. Anna Burns' 2014 long short story "Mostly Hero" is a little like a Grimm fairy tale reimagined by Quentin Tarantino. It must have been so much fun to write! There is something in the style of the story (not the humour!) which prefigures that she … Continue reading “Mostly Hero”
Sonnet Man #7 – “Pilgrimage”
https://videopress.com/v/4q4kfrz0?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Pilgrimage" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Sonnet Man #6 – “In Search of Tabloid Headlines”
https://videopress.com/v/metavKKJ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "In Search of Tabloid Headlines" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Sonnet Man #5 – “Abandoned”
https://videopress.com/v/T64sAOrp?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Abandoned" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Sonnet Man #4 – “The Generous and the Selfish”
https://videopress.com/v/ZXWGa7oa?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "The Generous and the Selfish" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Sonnet Man #3 – “Obituary of a Would-be Poet”
https://videopress.com/v/C1uMRaNr?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Obituary of a Would-be Poet" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
“Dante and the Lobster”
In another one of those little Faber single-story editions, you will find Samuel Beckett's 1934 tale, "Dante and the Lobster". It's an odd little story: it is interesting because of the clear stylistic influence of James Joyce, yet in an of itself it is somewhat insignificant; there are few clues, for example, as to what … Continue reading “Dante and the Lobster”
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