Monthly Archive for: ‘January, 2014’

Smith’s tight train tale takes 2013 joanne burns Award

Mark Smith has won the joanne burns Award for “10.42 to Sydenham”, a short-short story, told from the perspective of an African migrant, about a girl being bullied on a train. The joanne burns Award is a micro-fiction and prose poem competition for works of up to 800 words. joanne burns is one of Australia’s

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The Paris Architect: Can a collaborator become a hero?

Lucien Bernard is the central character in The Paris Architect and, as Lucien’s wife Celeste leaves, she calls him an “architectural Mephistopheles”. It’s not until much later in this intriguing novel that he acknowledges she was right. Set in Occupied France during World War II, The Paris Architect opens with Lucien Bernard heading to a

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Want a glimpse into the ghost?

What does a ghost writer do? ABBW recently interviewed Sylvia Gredig, a ghost writer and editor in Cologne, Germany, to find out. What appealed to you about becoming a ghost writer? I was given my first chance at ghost writing during my training in proofreading and editing. That was great fun and it was exciting

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