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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008
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10/05/2008
P.E.Cunningham’s “Monkey See” in the June, 2008, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a lighthearted heroic fantasy tale, complete with wizards, magic, and of course, a talking sword.
Read more at The Fix
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008
[Interview] Mick Drake, author of All`s Well at Wellwithoute
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09/05/2008
Mick Drake was born in the West Midlands and grew up in Sutton Coldfield.
After leaving school he followed a career in retailing before gaining a degree in fine art. Finding it impossible to make a living as a budding artist, he returned to retailing, managing supermarkets for several years before leaving...
[Interview] Mick Drake, author of All`s Well at Wellwithoute
[Shortlist] Leicester’s Favourite Book
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08/05/2008
The nominations are in and the shortlist for Leicester’s favourite book has been announced!
Over 500 nominations were received covering every imaginable type of book. These were combined with years of lending records from the library computers to arrive at the twelve most popular books in Leicester.
To...
[Shortlist] Leicester’s Favourite Book
Artists and writers sought for major Peak District project
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07/05/2008
Arts in the Peak are looking for poets and artists living in and around the Peak to work collaboratively on designing companion stones to the Derbyshire guide stoops.
There will be a fee of £550 each for artist and poet for each stone designed.
Companion Stones, a project for the Derbyshire moorlands,...
Artists and writers sought for major Peak District project
New form for arts grant
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06/05/2008
Arts Council England has launched a new, user-friendly application form for its Grants for the arts Lottery-funded programme.
The changes to the form and the application process are designed to make it easier for people to apply for a grant, to make it easier to process and to increase the chances of...
New form for arts grant
News from Northamptonshire Literature Development Officer
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05/05/2008
For the last few months I’ve been working with literary consultant Steve Dearden, and in consultation with a cross section of Northamptonshire’s literary community, in order to develop a new year plan for literature in the county.
The plan identifies areas of need which I, as Literature Development...
News from Northamptonshire Literature Development Officer
Leicester City Relegated
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04/05/2008
Leicester City have been relegated to the third tier of English football for the first time in their history, following this afternoon's 0-0 draw at Stoke City, who have been promoted to the Premiership. Leicester started the day in 21st place in the Championship table but dropped into the...
Leicester City Relegated
Boring old sci-fi
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02/05/2008
OK, I admit it, sci-fi is boring. After endless Star Trek re-runs, innumerable badly scripted Hollywood movies and a thousand video games with pixel-deep narrative, the once wondrous ideas of sci-fi have become yawn-inducing. Fortunately for me, beyond the world of tedious mass media sci-fi, lies the...
Boring old sci-fi
[Interview] David S. Grant, author of ‘Emotionless Souls’
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02/05/2008
David S. Grant lives and works in New York City.
His books include Corporate Porn, written in 2005, and published by Silverthought Press in 2006. His double novel Bleach/Blackout will be published through Offense Mechanisms, and imprint of Silverthought Press in 2008.
Two more books are also due to be...
[Interview] David S. Grant, author of ‘Emotionless Souls’
A Different Window on Zimbabwe
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30/04/2008
A Special Focus during the Poetry International Festival
Zimbabwe is a country of poets. Zimbabweans write poetry, speak it and sing it in Shona, Ndebele, Tonga, Shangaan and other minority languages; we have poetry in English, praise, performance, oratorical, and declamatory poetry. Perhaps as many...
A Different Window on Zimbabwe