Hakkımda: My debut novel The Red Men is published by Snowbooks and was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award in 2008. It will be published in Italy and Spain soon The film rights have been acquired by Shynola. For more on The Red Men, head over to http://www.netvibes.com/redmen#The_Red_Men
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Okay, call off the dogs, the hunt for a one-stop online shop for UNDERGROUND LITERATURE is over. BEAT THE DUST BOOKSHOP brings together in one place, the very best hardcore poetry and prose from SMALL AND MID-SIZED INDIE PUBLISHERS WORLDWIDE, providing shelf-space to titles mainstream booksellers daren’t stock or have overlooked. We're stocking The Red Men by the way
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Hopefully I'll see you Thursday (April 26th - 6.30pm) for Anything But Hackneyed with Ronan Bennett - a really talented writer whose led a very interesting life. Also Jae Watson, debut novelist whose first book has just been released by local independent publisher, Legend Press of Stoke Newington.
There'll also be a couple of poems from Joseph Ridgwell - featured in the latest Laura Hird Showcase.
Next month we're teaming up with 3:AM magazine for a special collaboration featuring special guest Toby Young (reading from his new novel 'Hospital' and Lee Rourke (editor of Scarecrow and 3:AM) reading from his first novel 'Everyday' plus Heidi James (owner of independent publisher Social Disease) reading from her first book 'Carbon' (published by wrecking ball press).
New issue of the Fix out now, free at comedy clubs nationwide and Fopp record stores. E-mail thefixonline@gmail.com for details on how to get your copy. Have a good weekend
Hi Matthew, nice to "see" you again. Hope all's well. We're off to Maghull tomorrow for the Arsenal game, will have our Desmond Morris Manwatching heads on for recent changes in scal plumage. All the best, AH