Monthly Archive for: ‘September, 2016’

Let’s speed date Wright’s ‘Fine’ new short story collection

Why do we say we’re fine when we’re not? What vulnerabilities might we be hiding? What hurts are we anxious to conceal? Speed date Wright’s accomplished debut collection here—then go to second base with its sharp and shapely short stories to find out. It’s speed dating, right, so three questions only—you get in, get dirty

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Sixteen great quotes from the poetry I read in September 2016

Here’s my project. I read a poem a day, imbibe its rhythms and use this as an inspiration for my own writing. Because it’s 2016, I’ll choose 16 quotes from 16 of these poems to feature on A Bigger Brighter World so you’ll get to enjoy a taste of them too. This will equal 16

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Kelly’s ‘Jewel Sea’ is a gem … and you can win one

Kim Kelly’s new novel, Jewel Sea, an astonishing historical fiction, is on sale in September! As part of the official blog tour, here’s an interview between Kelly and author Patrick Lenton. The story in Jewel Sea is based on the loss of a real Australian ship, the Koombana – what about the story of the

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