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New Manuscript Reading Service

Since I was published, several people have asked me to read their manuscripts and give feedback. I say Yes as often as I can, because (a) I'm always intrigued to ...

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6th Geneva Writers' Conference, 2-3 Febr

The 6th Geneva Writers' Conference will be held on the weekend, 2 to 3 February 2008, at Webster University, Bellevue, Switzerland. The GWC has been going since 1998 an...

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Cheeky blagger

Derec Jones aka lit blogger, Skint Writer (blog now closed), aka publisher, author, artist, cook, poet etc has come up with yet another new initiative - the Opening Chapter blag. ...

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Peter Pan, El Musical

I Saturday night saw my girlfriend Random (don't ask), her mother and myself in a Tappas bar in London, consuming really nommy foods and drinking San Miguel, whilst waiting for The Garrick Theatr...

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Sunday, 06 April 2008

Underground, Contact Theatre, 18th Oct '07

The last time I went to a Slung Low production it was atmospheric, hugely entertaining and thoroughly confusing, so I was expecting something similar from Underground at Contact Theatre in Manchester ...

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Friday, 19 October 2007

The Minack

Can you imagine sitting in a theatre whose utter beauty sometimes outweighs the performance? The Minack Theatre at Porthcurno in Cornwall, England, has that effect on most people. Carved from a grani...

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Sunday, 29 July 2007

They Only Come at Night

[This is a review of They Only Come at Night - a production by Slung Low Theatre Company currently playing in Hall Ings Car Park, Bradford (26 - 28 July, at 8, 9, 10 & 11pm)] I knew I was in f...

theatre review

Friday, 27 July 2007

Winged with Death

My new book is due from Flambard on the 13th March. Titled Winged with Death, it is based in Montevideo in the seventies and in the North of England in the present day. Winged ...

News | John Baker | Thursday, 5 March 2009

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The Winged with Death Virtual Tour Detai

These are the details of the virtual tour for my new novel, Winged with Death:The Winged with Death Virtual Tour 2009Stops Tour Date Blog 01 26th March The Inner Minx02 31st March This Writing Life03 2nd April Ken MacLeod04 ...

News | John Baker | Thursday, 5 March 2009

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March Lit Bits

Some really exciting launches and events coming up (again!) this month!Elizabeth Baines reads from her collection of short stories 'Balancing on the Edge of the World' at Huddersfield Literature Festival, ...

News | Debi Alper | Tuesday, 3 March 2009

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February Lit Bits

Phew! If January was a quiet month, then February more than makes up for it, with Bookarazzi members launching books left, right and ... well, here.Sally Hinchcliffe's psychological thriller Out ...

News | Debi Alper | Monday, 2 February 2009

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Ten Questions with Fiona Robyn

Fiona Robyn is a novelist who lives in rural Hampshire with her partner, cats and vegetable patch. She has too many blogs and spends too much time writing them. Her debut novel ...

News | Fiona Robyn | Saturday, 24 January 2009

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Trucking Hell

How I Broke Bath, and Other Stories was not so much written as thrown together. I'd been writing Livejournal posts for some years, and for some reason amassed a readership ...

News | Bowen T Hunter | Friday, 23 January 2009

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