PODCAST: AUTHOR NOT PRESENT: SACARAN NIGHTS
In the seventh episode, Louise, Christina, and Peter critique ‘Sacaran Nights’.
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POEM OF THE MONTH: BOY IN VARIOUS POSES BY LEWIS BUXTON
out of his lungs like they are a coat held by a parent at a school gate.
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10 THINGS…WITH TOM BENJAMIN
Crime author Tom Benjamin, whose second Bologna-set novel, The Hunting Season, is due out this May, answers our questions.
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REVIEW: DREAMING IN QUANTUM BY LYNDA CLARK
Clark’s stories are engrossing, bringing together a collision of Clark’s love of video-gaming, Victoriana sci-fi and dreams.
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THE CORONA PRINCE By Daniel Hinds

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Poetry: By now, you must have heard his legends. / You abide in his empire. / In the kingdom of the rising star / He rose from a small bowl of hot bat soup…

Fossils by Alice Ivor

June 7, 2021

Short Fiction: …I know it’s just his way of telling me he’s sad to see me go. I slip my hand into my pocket and run my fingertips over my ammonite.

The Object of All Studies by Daniel Cullen

June 4, 2021

Creative NonFiction: ‘I feel dazed and dopey, my mind a blur of ideas and images’, writes Julia Bell. This state, and its discontents, will be familiar to many readers. With the relentless acceleration of online life over the last decade arising from the ubiquity of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, anxieties of a ‘crisis of attention’ have become commonplace.

Mr Howard’s Girls by Abigail Seltzer

May 31, 2021

Short Fiction: Before I could stop myself, I had him in swimming trunks, kissing me. Next thing I knew, we were lying on a beach, gazing into one another’s eyes.

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10 Things…with Tom Benjamin

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Feature:Tom Benjamin, whose second Bologna-set novel, The Hunting Season, is due out this May, answers our questions.

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Author Not Present: The Entertainer

February 26, 2021

Author Not Present is a podcast in which Louise Hare, Christina Carè, and Peter J Coles critique anonymous submitted pieces. In the sixth episode, Louise, Christina, and Peter discuss ‘The Entertainer’. Listen to find out what they liked and what they thought could be improved as they deal with structure

Podcast: Alice Haworth-Booth and Kate Ellis

January 22, 2021

In the fourteenth episode of the MIR Podcast, Peter J Coles talks with the winner of the Bricklane Bookshop short story prize, 2020 Alice Haworth-Booth, and the head of the prize, Kate Ellis. They discuss writing climate change and what it takes to run a big prize.     Show Notes: Bricklane Bookshop

Author Not Present: The Woman in the Street

April 10, 2020

This episode was recorded before the outbreak of the current crisis so we apologise for any inaccuracies! Author Not Present is a podcast in which Louise Hare, Christina Carè, and Peter J Coles critique anonymous submitted pieces. In the third episode, Christina and Peter are joined by author Jarred McGinnis

Author Not Present: Magrit

March 27, 2020

This episode was recorded before the outbreak of the current crisis so we apologise for any inaccuracies! Author Not Present is a podcast in which Louise Hare, Christina Carè, and Peter J Coles critique anonymous submitted pieces. In the third episode, they discuss ‘Magrit’ – a quirky story of a

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