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'A reader who buys or reads a book to associate themselves with it definitely needs a therapeutic intervention': Julian Evans on prose style
Our new questions answered by the author of Undefeatable
Dec 8, 2024
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'A reader who buys or reads a book to associate themselves with it definitely needs a therapeutic intervention': Julian Evans on prose style
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The best-written Scottish novel of the century
Read the opening pages from our pick below
Dec 6, 2024
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The best-written Scottish novel of the century
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Business books: the best-written of the century
Read the opening pages of our pick below ^ Plus Nicola Griffith on prose style
Nov 29, 2024
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Business books: the best-written of the century
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The best-written Canadian work of fiction of the century
Plus Eskor David Johnson on prose style
Nov 10, 2024
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The best-written Canadian work of fiction of the century
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Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey writes for Auraist on prose style: 'All writers walk around in a huff thinking their work deserves more…
Plus our final pick from the recent releases in nonfiction
Oct 29, 2024
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Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey writes for Auraist on prose style: 'All writers walk around in a huff thinking their work deserves more respect.'
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'Sometimes you want to let yourself vamp for the cheap seats': Cally Fiedorek on prose style
Plus our next pick from the recent releases in literary fiction
Sep 20, 2024
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'Sometimes you want to let yourself vamp for the cheap seats': Cally Fiedorek on prose style
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'I have been a proud advocate of literary scuff': Travis Jeppesen on messing around with style
Plus a new pick from our subscribers' submissions
Aug 25, 2024
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'I have been a proud advocate of literary scuff': Travis Jeppesen on messing around with style
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'There’s a fear of great writing, of reaching for it, of calling it that': Eleanor Anstruther on prose style
Detailed discussion of writing and editing from the author of A Memoir in 65 Postcards ^ Plus Part 37 of The Demon Inside David Lynch
Aug 12, 2024
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Eleanor Anstruther
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'There’s a fear of great writing, of reaching for it, of calling it that': Eleanor Anstruther on prose style
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'I only ever let something go when I'm at the point of barely being able to see straight anymore'
Ruby Todd on prose style ^ Plus Part 30 of The Demon Inside David Lynch
Jul 26, 2024
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'I only ever let something go when I'm at the point of barely being able to see straight anymore'
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A masterclass on prose style by Christopher Cokinos
Detailed discussion of style in nonfiction by the author of Still As Bright ^ Plus our next pick from the recent releases in literary fiction
Jul 16, 2024
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A masterclass on prose style by Christopher Cokinos
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'Dropping in this semicolon is the T-Rex stomping on the landscape'
Stephen Graham Jones' masterclass on prose style ^ Plus Part 20 of The Demon Inside David Lynch
Jun 2, 2024
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Sean McNulty
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'Dropping in this semicolon is the T-Rex stomping on the landscape'
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‘The real choice is between being interestingly musical and boringly musical’: Francis Spufford on prose style
Plus more of the best-written nonfiction of the month ^ And Parts 10 to 14 of The Demon Inside David Lynch
May 19, 2024
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‘The real choice is between being interestingly musical and boringly musical’: Francis Spufford on prose style
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