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John Irving At Home Is An Interesting Short Film By Shaul Schwarz
‘John Irving At Home’ is a short film by Director Shaul Schwarz who was invited out to the authors house to film him, talk to him and take a peek around the writers sprawling house. In the film Irving...
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William Burroughs Wrote This Letter To Truman Capote In Cold Blood
This letter from William Burroughs to Truman Capote is damning. Really damning. It was written in 1970 four years after Capote’s novel, ‘In Cold Blood’, was serialised in The New Yorker. The book was...
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The Penny Dreadful Is A New Literary Arts Magazine From Cork
The Penny Dreadful is a new literary arts magazine from Cork City, Ireland. It was founded by a small team of University graduates who felt they could significantly add to the vibrant cultural scene...
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Jack Keroac’s Hand Drawn Design For On The Road Book Is Worth Looking At
After the publication of ‘The Town and the City’ in 1950 Jack Kerouac was not happy with its book cover. So, in 1952 when he was looking for a publisher for his classic ‘On The Road’ he designed his...
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E.M. Forster On Why He Stopped Writing Fiction At 46
In this excerpt from a 1958 BBC interview E.M. Forster, the writer of such classics as ‘A Passage To India’ and ‘Howards End’ explains why he stopped writing fiction at 45 after only having published...
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This Film Called Ray Bradbury: Story Of A Writer Will Inspire All Scribblers
Ray Bradbury – one of the most eminent science fiction writers of the last 50 years – who sadly died earlier this year would have been 98 yesterday. Thankfully his books live on as does this wonderful...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Chore List Contract Written For His Wife
Back in 1947 Kurt Vonnegut, a man not known for convention, wrote up a chore list of champions contract with his new wife regarding domestic duties in the home. It was binding up until the time that...
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These Postcards Sent By Famous Writers Are Wonderful
I came across these postcards and had to share them with you. Postcards, indeed letter writing, is almost a lost art, an activity no longer practised. And it’s a shame. Actually at the moment I’m...
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Growing Up With Judy Blume
“What books should I get for Aoife? – she loves reading”, my cousin asked me about her 12 year old daughter “Judy Blume” I said immediately. I had forgotten about Judy until this afternoon surrounded...
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The First Issue Of The Short Anthology Uses Joe Coleman’s Photographs As The...
A few months ago I came across the expressionistic photographs of Joe Coleman, a wonderful Australian artist. A few weeks ago Will Martin and Kat Phan got in touch with me about their new journal, The...
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