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I had never heard of Richard Flanagan until I watched Imagine on BBC 1 that celebrated the writer and his work. I bought a few of his books and started in on the 2014 winner of the Man Booker Prize. I expected great things and I was not disappointed. The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a metonym for a place and time on the Line, a railway built by an estimated 250 000 Burmese and Chinese coolies and 60 000 prisoners of war though impenetrable...

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This week saw the launch party for the publication of Ex - Laurie Avadis' stunning debut novel which started here on ABCTales and was snapped up by Unbound. It's now available on Amazon and if you can leave a review it would be wonderfully helpful. We're currently on the lookout for others to follow in his footsteps, so if you have any suggestions please send them to us! Two blistering pieces for you today: Poem of the Week goes to...

This week there was a shortlist, which wasn't that short, for those poets in the running for the weekly winner accolade. The list found another name added to it today and it is with pleasure that I can announce Chant's Slave is our poem of the week: Slave There are some really top class serialised prose pieces running at the moment and a new one that turned up was jolono's Please Leave The Light On. It's a two-parter so do please remember to...

Hello I am using Word Press for my Blog about our life aboard our sailing yacht Scratch mentioned we should post the blog adress to share our adventures http://saltyseadogblog.com here it is

Faber’s latest novel, The Book of Strange New Things , tells the story of a husband and wife, Peter and Beatrice, separated by an unfathomable distance and the consequent strains this puts on their relationship. It is also a work of science fiction or speculative fiction, as the novel’s protagonist is a missionary who travels without his wife to a USIC colony on a different planet. His mission is to minister to the native population of Oasis,...

I'm in the middle of writing my third novel and it's getting really hard. I just broke up with my first love, and I'm stuck here writing about love. I've already decided that it won't be a love story anymore, that it will be about codpendence and about finding yourself again after the relationship is over. Regardless, however, I'm still in the love part. I know it needs to be there, and I know it's necessary, but I hate writing about it when I...

Conclude-concoct-contrive- acquiesce...strong words, soft words- convey feelings – denote actions – imply meanings. Words-- the playthings of writers…the tools of the press…the weapons of politics – Words to express - to be understood – to argue the point… We strive for the perfect word…and so it goes as we write – When words flow in perfect communion to thoughts…we are happily creating. If we hesitate – think upon it- or block- Words stall like...

Our next ABCTales reading night is bound for Nottingham! Do join us on Saturday 5 th September at 7pm, The Cross Keys, 15 Byard Lane, Nottingham, NG1 2GJ for prose and poetry in a splendid city. It’s a vibrant reading line up, including Blackjack Davey, Johnshade, Philip Sidney, airy fairy, Bear, Scratch, London Calling, Luigi Pagano, Denzella, Lisa H. If you’d like to read, there are still a couple of slots, so drop me an email as soon as...

I found this site through some thorough research. I wanted a place where my writing would actually be seen, and that's happened. I feel so great about the feedback that I've received about my writing, and even though I'm going through a bit of a writer's block, I feel newly motivated to continue writing. I love how active this community is. Thanks. Audrey