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Another Literary Festival Goes Virtual: WATCH HENLEY ON-LINE BROADCASTS

Another Literary Festival Goes Virtual WATCH HENLEY ON-LINE BROADCASTS by Norman Warwick John Grisham Henley Literary Festival, supported by the Daily Mail, usually attracts  tens of thousands of visitors to Henley-on-Thames,…

MICHAEL ROSEN: Laureate refuses to rest on his laurels.

MICHAEL ROSEN writing on the road to recovery by Norman Warwick Michael Rosen Following forty seven days in intensive care he returned home in June, earlier this summer. He says it them took him only two or three days to write Rigotoni…
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MAKE SPACE ON THE SHELVES

BOOK A PLACE ON THE SHELVES By Norman Warwick It is only a few short weeks ago that I wrote on these pages of so many book shop owners worrying about when they might be able to re-open and what kind of support they could expect from publishers…

HEAR THE VOICE OF THE BARD by Michael Higgins

HEAR THE VOICE OF THE BARD by Michael Higgins There is something unreal about life and living it. There is nothing more real than experiencing life’s joys and imaginings. But nothing is more unreal than its despair and misunderstandings. …
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Words from the writer, Jose Ramon Navas on WRITING OUR TIMES

Words from the writer, Jose Ramon Navas on WRITING OUR TIMES by Norman Warwick ´It is hard for writers to fiction writers to compete with reality´. So says Jose Ramon Navas, a Canarian writer currently living on Lanzarote. I´m pretty…
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WHAT A YEAR FOR WRITING WOMEN

WHAT A YEAR FOR WRITING WOMEN by Norman Warwick library at Playa Blanca There were nine women named in the ten nominated writers in the 8th Annual Playa Blanca Short Story Competition, announced at The Castilla del Aguila Cultural…
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BURLY CHASSIS BREAKS A SHOE

BURLY CHASSIS BREAKS A SHOE By Norman Warwick According to https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/ Dame Shirley Bassey is releasing her first new album in more than five years, to celebrate her 70-year career in showbiz. The album is being…
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We are the music makers: BILL MORRISSEY, a novel in three verses and a chorus

BILL MORRISSEY, a novel in three verses and a chorus By Norman Warwick Bill Morrissey: photograph by Hervé Oudet Unless you have bought any of his dozen or so albums you probably won´t have heard of Bill Morrissey. I thought for…
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NEVER A GEEK

NEVER A GEEK By Norman Warwick It all started, I guess when I was eight years old and my godparent, ´Auntie´ Jennifer, who lived over the mountains from us in Sheffield sent me a book as a birthday present. I could tell by the shape…
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WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SPEAK OF DYLAN: part 5 conclusion of Sidetracks & Detours Dylan week

WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SPEAK OF DYLAN by Norman Warwick What people mean when they speak of Dylan can be as difficult to decipher as are his own lyrics. Usually what is said about him, or even to him, is agendised: Questions are cleverly…