Okay, you all know now that I was the Director for Incwriters for several years and forged some great links with literature organisations and publishers across the UK, mainland Europe and the USA. When Incwriters folded in February 2011 we were all shocked but born from the ashes is Goggle. I have been running tester … Continue reading
Chris Beckett The Holy Machine (£12.99 Corvus Books 2010, available at www.corvus-books.co.uk) The Holy Machine brings together technology and religion in a love story reminiscent of Metropolis. There is a real sense of the visual in Beckett’s writing, from the towering Beacon, to the vast expanse of SenSpace and the rustic potholed Ioannina … Continue reading
David Morley Enchantment (£9.95 Carcanet 2010, available from www.carcanet.co.uk) David Morley is a master of the long line in poetry and Enchantment does not disappoint. Morley takes a line of poetry and pushes to its upmost length bordering it on short fiction, and there is a real sense that this poet likes to … Continue reading
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Elizabeth Baines The Birth Machine (£8.99 published by Salt Publishing 2010, available at www.saltpublishing.com) The Birth Machine is on its third outing since its initial publication in the 1980s. Salt’s publication is the original intended form. This novel differs greatly from The Women’s Press publication of 1983 and readers familiar with that text can get … Continue reading