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Music
Preview: Psycho Comedy Presents Welcome To Smashville
Psycho Comedy present a whole new concept this week; Smashville. Alan Parry has the lowdown.
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Interviews
Paul Robert Mullen Interview: “I’ve spent years marvelling over Leonard Cohen’s words”
With the release of Paul Robert Mullen’s new book, Alan Parry has a chat with the poet about his creative process and musical influences.
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Fiction
Potent Whisper: WOWfest 2018, Constellations
For WOWfest’s 2018 finale, Shelique Braithwaite takes in Potent Whisper at Constellations, and sees the themes of this year’s festival come together.
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Book Club
Planet Slop Book Club #2: Protest!, Plum, The Jewish Joke, David Bowie Made Me Gay, Creating Freedom
News From Nowhere have returned with some more recommendations to cosy up with over the holidays.
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Short Stories
Backstage Tales From Bland TV #2: Richard & Judy – An Odyssey of Love
In the second in his series of imagined backstage stories from terrible TV shows, Shaun Ponsonby travels back to 1983 for an erotic, romantic epic set in the early days […]
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Fiction
Fiction: Ken Jones – Elvis Has Left The Building
Ken Jones is a creative writing student from Wallasey. He has been writing stories since the 60s, and has returned to education to improve his craft.
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Book Club
Planet Slop Book Club #1: Under My Thumb, The Beat Makers, How to Be a Craftivist & Watling Street
We’ve teamed up with News From Nowhere to bring you some reading recommendations that may have missed your radar.
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Fiction
Short Story: Lewis Wren – Playing Quietly
Lewis Wren’s writing is influenced by the short stories of Raymond Carver and John Cheever, although he aspires to become an author of children’s fiction. He is currently working on […]
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Fiction
Interview With Man Booker Prize Winner George Saunders
Sean Broadhurst talks to Man Booker Prize 2017 winner George Saunders about obsession, capitalism and satire in the age of Trump.
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Fiction
Poem: Tom Florence – Autopilot
Poetry is a new form to Tom Florence, but it is clear from his poem, Autopilot, that he is an exciting young writer. He is currently working on a novel, […]
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Fiction
Poem: Serpentine – Elizabeth Gibson
Elizabeth Gibson was announced as a New North Poet at the 2017 Northern Writers’ Awards. She is a Masters student at the University of Manchester whose work has appeared in […]
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Fiction
Story: Silence – Hayley Anderton
Hayley Anderton is a graduate of LJMU, and a writer of Young Adult fiction. Her debut novel, Double Bluff, is available on Amazon.
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Fiction
Poem: L’Accord Bleu by Erik Davidkov
Erik Davidkov is a Bulgarian born poet, photographer, and composer of films. His poem L’accord Bleau is included in the collection All Of This And Nothing.
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Fiction
Poem: Dun Laoghaire by David Subacchi
David Subacchi studied at the University of Liverpool and has published five collections of poetry. He writes in English, Welsh, and Italian. David regularly performs at spoken word events in Liverpool.
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Fiction
101 Word Short Stories by Karin Matthews
Karin Matthews is a writer from Gloucestershire. She studied English and Creative Writing in Liverpool where she began a project; every day she selects a random title and writes a […]
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Fiction
Hope & Glory Sunday Review: Living Room, Liverpool
Adam Chapman reviews the now legendary Sunday of Hope and Glory 2017.
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Fiction
Backstage Tales From Bland TV #1: The One Show’s Christmas Party
In the first of his short stories based on the backstage antics of bland TV shows, Shaun Ponsonby imagines the events surrounding The One’s Show’s Christmas party.
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Fiction
Short Story: Kevin, The Wise Man
Written by Christy Smyth, a Creative Writing student from Chesterfield, living in Liverpool. Digs Alice Cooper.
