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Adrian Slatcher writes poetry, fiction and criticism, and lives in Manchester.
Clancy is 50 by Bonbon Experiment
The new Bonbon Experiment album – 10th since resurrecting the name in 2007 (and 35th in total) – is now available to stream and download. A strong collection of 10 new songs, it clocks in at just over 45 minutes.
CLANCY IS 50
ETYMOLOGY
EUROPE
CIRCLES
ALL THE SACRIFICES
BABY’S GOT 2 HEADS
THE HIDDEN TRUTH
FRAGILITY
(Autumn Version)
THE HISTORY OF FINLAND
REVOLUTIONARIES
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Art of Fiction – Blogging About Literature
- Sky Hooks by Neil CampbellReaders familiar with Neil Campbell's sharp, short stories will find much that is familiar in "Sky Hooks", the first part of a trilogy of Manchester novels that came out in 2016, with the next instalment, "Zero Hours", launching in a fortnight at Waterstones. The novel's real time narrator lives in Lamport Court, an actual coun […]
- The Album That Changed My LifeThere's a meme going round Facebook at the moment to "post 10 album covers that meant a lot to you, don't explain why...." I've been tagged a few times - but, hey, life's too short etc. Also, quite a few people have ignored the last bit. After all, what's the point of being on Desert Island Discs and just playing the record […]
- Canon, class and critical cultureWhen poetry makes it onto the news, its never about the poetry, despite Pound's assertion that it is "news that stays news." I refrained from commenting at the time on the article in P.N. Review where Rebecca Watts, on being asked to review a poetry collection by Holly McNish, from Picador, decides instead to question poetry's broad churc […]
- Cal by Bernard MaclavertySome writers you are aware of, but somehow pass you by, and then, for some reason, they come back into focus. A writer friend mentioned she was riveted by a novel by the Northern Irish writer Bernard Maclaverty, and I'd just picked up a copy of his "Cal", a 1983 novel about the Troubles, that was also made into a film featuring a young Helen M […]
- Golden Hill by Francis Spufford"Golden Hill", the acclaimed novel by Francis Spufford (his debut fiction, but his fifth book) is a picaresque tale set in the small but established town that is the pre-revolutionary New York. Direct off the boat is Mr. Smith, who may be genuine or may be a conman, but comes with a thousand dollar bill - a fortune - that he wants to redeem. The fi […]
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