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Fiction and Reality: The Ambiguous Writings of Alain Robbe-Grillet and Campbell McCluskie – by Alistair McNaught
Some contemporary scientists give the impression (whether deliberately or not) that the gap between what is known and what is yet to be discovered about life and the universe is too small to accommodate the existence of a deity. And yet, that gap remains...

Alistair McNaught
May 9, 201911 min read
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Oxford launch of The Tragicall History of Campbell McCluskie by Alistair McNaught
The question that haunts Ian Alexander MacDuffy is why the playwright Campbell McCluskie was murdered at 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday 16 June 1954, for that was the very moment that Ian’s mother died giving birth to him. The coincidence suggests that...

Anthony Nanson
Jan 4, 20192 min read
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The launch of Green Man Dreaming and By the Edge of the Sea, 5 December 2018
On Wednesday 5 December Awen was delighted to host the launch in Stroud at the ever-wonderful Black Book Café of two of our newest books....

Anthony Nanson
Dec 11, 20183 min read
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Translating Nicolas Kurtovitch
by Anthony Nanson I first read Forêt, terre et tabac, and another of Nicolas’ collections, Totem, about three years ago, in the course of...

Anthony Nanson
Dec 2, 20183 min read
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Book Launch in Stroud: Lindsay Clarke and Nicolas Kurtovitch
by Anthony Nanson Green Man Dreaming: Reflections on Imagination, Myth, and Memory is a definitive gathering of Lindsay Clarke’s...

Anthony Nanson
Nov 25, 20182 min read
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Mysteries – Stories and Poems of Faerie by Chrissy Derbyshire
Chrissy Derbyshire is a master of style – lyrical and accessible, archly ironic, and yet at the same time charged with the sensual...

Anthony Nanson
May 9, 20181 min read
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Karola Renard’s The Firekeeper’s Daughter
By Anthony Nanson So the twelve stories in The Firekeeper’s Daughter are threaded together by this theme, even though each story involves...

Anthony Nanson
Oct 17, 20171 min read
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The Windsmith Elegy – Steampunk and Bardic Fantasy
By Anthony Nanson compelling case for regarding as steampunk (among other things). Indeed, back in 2012 Kevan promoted the previous...

Anthony Nanson
Aug 26, 20172 min read
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Ballads, Fire Springs and Awen
Ballad Tales, while published by The History Press features a number of Awen authors and Fire Springs members, so we’re giving it a shout...

Anthony Nanson
Jun 13, 20171 min read
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Steampunk literature
By Nimue Brown Isambard Kerne may be an Edwardian gentleman rather than a Victorian, but there are many reasons the Windsmith series...

Anthony Nanson
Apr 27, 20171 min read
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Books by Anthony Nanson
Anthony Nanson is the author of both fiction and non-fiction titles. Awen has published one of each. Order the book here or buy it from...

Anthony Nanson
Jan 5, 20171 min read
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Reviews for The Long Woman
L Phillips said: “I thoroughly loved reading this book. The author blended the mystical elements of the story into the plot in a way that...

Anthony Nanson
Dec 29, 20162 min read
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Return of the Long Woman
By Anthony Nanson It was in the course of a hair-raising and not entirely successful hike along the coast of the Gower Peninsula in...

Anthony Nanson
Dec 22, 20162 min read
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Windsmith
The Song of the Windsmith was produced as a stage adaptation of Kevan Manwaring’s bardic fantasy sequence, The Windsmith Elegy. New...

Anthony Nanson
Oct 27, 20161 min read
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