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Submissions. For anyone wondering…

John Berlyne — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:42:27 +0000

… why we are still closed for submissions, or why we’re taking so long to get through stuff sent in before we closed, take a good, hard look at this article by Shawn Speakman entitled The Busy Agent that appeared on Suvudu today!

Iain Sinclair Guardian Feature

John Berlyne — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:15:57 +0000

There’s a wonderful short film on The Guardian web site in which Ian Sinclair takes us on a fascinating short walk around Hackney.

The piece – which you’ll find by following this link – offers a real flavour of Sinclair’s new book, Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire which is now at number #13 in the hardcover charts, is ranked in the top 250 Amazon sellers and has already been reprinted twice since its Feb 26th release!

Ian McDonald interviewed on BBC online

John Berlyne — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:58:49 +0000

Ian McDonald reflects on the digital doppelgangers that our growing use of the net is bringing about…

‘I’m in bits. Pieces of me are all over the place.

My history is on Wikipedia, my photos are on Flickr, my petty rants are on Livejournal, my indiscretions are on Facebook, my globetrotting is stored on half a dozen travel sites, my likes and dislikes profiled and my reading recorded on Amazon.

And I’m a part-time mage in World of Warcraft. Well, I’m not. But it might be fun. More fun than Second Life, where I could be some tedious avatar and hang with boring people.’

Click this link for the rest of this article.

Hackneyrose.com #2

John Berlyne — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:20:14 +0000

#2 – 05.07.08 – Holly Street

Hackneyrose.com #1

John Berlyne — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:22:23 +0000

#1 – 03.05.08 – Tony Lambrianou

www.hackneyrose.com

More on ‘Hackney’ and author Iain Sinclair…

John Berlyne — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:11:13 +0000

Reviews are starting to come in for Iain Sinclair’s new book Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire and we’ll be posting news of them here as they come in. For starters, here’s a four star write-up from today’s London Metro paper.

Check our previous post for details of specific Hackney related events that are coming up and don’t forget to listen to BBC Radio 4 next week, when Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire will be being featured as Book of the Week.

The Observer carried a wonderful interview with author Iain Sinclair on February 8th , 2009. ‘The brilliant chronicler of uncharted, often unloved, parts of Britain has stayed close to home for his latest epic – a bittersweet love letter to the London borough of Hackney. He takes Rachel Cooke for a stroll round his patch – no ordinary walk, as the visionary author beautifully evokes the area’s rich history while reflecting on his own memories of the urban landscape.‘ The piece is available here online.

And if all this coverage is wetting your appetite for the book (and how can it not?) the publisher Hamish Hamilton has made an except of the book’s opening chapter available online. Click this link for the pdf.

Eamonn McCabe’s Photographs of Writers Rooms

John Berlyne — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:03:08 +0000

… at the Madison Contemporary Art Gallery in London. Fascinating to see where so many top drawer writers scratch out their living. Other than Dahl and Ballard, there’s a noticeable lack of genre writers involved with this project – or perhaps the Spock ears and Star Wars™ Lego™ toys are just out of shot?

The BBC has a wonderful flash movie of the exhibition here.