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Waterstones’ New Voices 2009 - Interview Four - Jenn Ashworth2 comments

Dean Samways wrote 7 months ago: Jenn Asworth's debute novel A Kind Of Intimacy Author Jenn Ashworth is the fourth writer to be i … more →

Tags: Fiction, Fiction / Features, Fiction / Interviews, fiction news, A Kind of Intimacy, Andrew Motion, arcadia, chris killen, Contemporary

Waterstone's New Voices 2009 - Interview Three - Amanda Smyth

Seamus Swords wrote 7 months ago: Amanda Smyth's debute novel Black Rock Amanda Smyth has been included on the Waterstone’s ones t … more →

Tags: Fiction, Fiction / Interviews, fiction news, News, Amanda Smyth, Black Rock, contemporary writer, Contemporary writing, Creative Writing MA

Waterstones' New Voices 2009 - Interview Two - Yiyun Li1 comment

Seamus Swords wrote 7 months ago: The Vagrants By Yiyun Li Yiyun Li has made it onto the Waterstones’ ones to watch list 2009 af … more →

Tags: Fiction, Fiction / Interviews, fiction news, California Book Award, contemporary writer, Contemporary writing, Graham Greene, Guardian First Book Award, Lannan Foundation

The Informers trailer released

Dean Samways wrote 8 months ago: The Informers movie poster The movie adaptation of The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis has finally ha … more →

Tags: Fiction, fiction news, News, 1983, 1995, 80's, Adaptation, billy bob thornton, book

Waterstones' New Voices 2009 - Interview One - Janice Y. K. Lee

Seamus Swords wrote 8 months ago: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K Lee Janice Y. K. Lee has written her first novel to much acclaim, af … more →

Tags: Fiction, Fiction / Features, Fiction / Interviews, The Scribbler, Contemporary writing, Contemporary Writers, Video, Seamus Swords, Novel

Writer and creator of The Wire back on the beat

Dean Samways wrote 9 months ago: David Simon, creator of The Wire Celebrated creator of the much loved hit US police drama The Wire ( … more →

Tags: News, Journalism, screenplay, Screenplay / News, Journalism news, The Scribbler, Video, Dean Samways, the guardian

The Greenhorn Novelist Blog - Post Two - Writer's Block & Procrastination9 comments

Richard Walsh wrote 9 months ago: Philip Pullman, not a believer in writer's block For all the stories that are constantly rattlin … more →

Tags: blogs, Blogs / Greenhorn Novelist, Blog, Chuck Palahniuk, Daily Mail, daytime television, facebook, Green, Greenhorn Novelist

Stephen King denounces Stephanie Meyer & other writers15 comments

Dean Samways wrote 10 months ago: Stephen King, the self-confessed greatest writer in the world Mediocre horror writer Stephen King ha … more →

Tags: Fiction, fiction news, News, audience, Blog, dean koontz, Dean Samways, Harry Potter, Horror

The iPod of the book world is a Amazon hit

Dean Samways wrote 10 months ago: The Amazon Kindle (Amazon) Online retailer Amazon.com (UK site) is set to see revenue from its Kindl … more →

Tags: News, Fiction, fiction news, The Scribbler, Dean Samways, Blog, Amazon, kindle, Sony

"And the winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award is..."

Seamus Swords wrote 10 months ago: Winner Sebastian Barry Sebastian Barry has won the Costa Book of the Year Award after narrowly losin … more →

Tags: News, Fiction, fiction news, Seamus Swords, Sadie Jones, Diana Athill, Sebastian Barry, Adam Foulds, book

The Greenhorn Novelist Blog - Post One, Part Two - Where does a story start?

Dean Samways wrote 10 months ago: Our Greenhorn Novelist Richard Walsh continues his engaging first blog post this week. In part teo h … more →

Tags: blogs, Blogs / Greenhorn Novelist, The Scribbler, Novel, Blog, Richard Walsh, Fiji, Greenhorn Novelist, Inspiration

The Greenhorn Novelist Blog - Post One, Part One - Where does a story start?

Dean Samways wrote 10 months ago: Richard Walsh is writing his debut novel. A colleague and friend of the editor, Richard is going to … more →

Tags: blogs, Blogs / Greenhorn Novelist, The Scribbler, Blog, Novelist, Greenhorn, Part One, post ONE, Richard Walsh

French check out girl becomes bestselling author

Seamus Swords wrote 11 months ago: Anna Sam working her day job when she's not writing (The Times) A novel can be created from any … more →

Tags: News, Non-Fiction, Non-fiction / News, The Scribbler, Seamus Swords, Novel, Blog, paperback., Les Tribulations d'une Caissiere

Booker Prize and Costa Awards judging panels announced1 comment

Seamus Swords wrote 11 months ago: Aravind Adiga with his Man Booker Prize winning novel White Tiger The organisers behind two of the b … more →

Tags: News, Fiction, fiction news, Journalism news, The Scribbler, Seamus Swords, 2008, Aravind Adiga, Today Program

Writer to rescue Heroes

Dean Samways wrote 11 months ago: Bryan Fuller - writer and producer of Heroes (Independent) We’ll be straight with you, The Scribbler … more →

Tags: News, screenplay, Screenplay / News, script writing, Script Writing / News, The Scribbler, Scriptwriting, BBC, Video

On The Road editor comments on Kerouac’s scroll

Seamus Swords wrote 11 months ago: Jack Kerouac holding the scroll manuscript of On The Road The Scribbler has been keeping an eye on t … more →

Tags: Fiction, fiction news, News, Ann Charters, Birmingham, Douglas Brinkley, Guardian.co.uk, Howard Cunnell, Isaac Gewirtz

'How To Talk To Girls' - The Film

Dean Samways wrote 11 months ago: Alec Greven talking to Ellen DeGeneres on her chat show Little Alec Greven rise to super stardom goe … more →

Tags: News, Fiction, fiction news, Screenplay / News, The Scribbler, film, Dean Samways, Magazine, Alec Greven

Economic downturn makes for unhappy reading

Dean Samways wrote 11 months ago: Not even the boy wizard could help Waterstones' profits last year (Waterstones) Waterstones toda … more →

Tags: News, Non-Fiction, Fiction, fiction news, Non-fiction / News, The Scribbler, London, Dean Samways, Waterstones

DBC Pierre to appear at Live Literature

Seamus Swords wrote 12 months ago: ‘Dirty But Clean’ Pierre Modern literature’s L’Enfant terrible is set to make a rare liv … more →

Tags: News, Fiction, Journalism, fiction news, Journalism news, The Scribbler, Seamus Swords, Booker Prize, D.B.C. Pierre


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