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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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Jay Ramsay, a Tribute – by Verona Bass
The title of the collection is Out of Time, which seems poignant now that I know that he ran out of time on 30 December 2018, just over ten years later. On the dedication page are several quotes, all of which now seem prescient...

Anthony Nanson
Jan 2, 20192 min read
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Jay Ramsay (1958–2018) – by Anthony Nanson
I can’t yet believe he’s gone. He will leave such a big space in the healing and poetry communities of which he’s been such a leading light. He was Awen’s biggest champion, just as he championed and encouraged so many individuals on their creative and spiritual...

Anthony Nanson
Dec 31, 20182 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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Kevan Manwaring and Bardic Poetry
by Anthony Nanson The scale of Kevan’s output of poetry of this kind is prodigious, ranging from individual lyrics to ambitious epics....

Anthony Nanson
Oct 26, 20182 min read
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In the Chinks of the World Machine
<p>In the Chinks of the World Machine provides a committed but very readable picture of the achievements of serious science fiction by women at the time of its publication in 1988. Sarah Lefanu was in a privileged position to write … <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/in-the-chinks-of-the-world-machine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>

Anthony Nanson
Aug 22, 20182 min read
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Silver Branch book launch 19 August 2018
On 19 August 2018 we gathered in the Ale House in Stroud to celebrate two things: the launch of Awen’s newest title, Silver Branch:...

Anthony Nanson
Aug 20, 20183 min read
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Dark Horizons: Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination
<p>The monochrome cover of Dark Horizons is very dark, and its subtitle is Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination, but the agenda of editors Raffaella Baccolini and Tom Moylan in this collection of essays is as much about utopia as … <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2018/08/10/dark-horizons-science-fiction-and-the-dystopian-imagination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>

Anthony Nanson
Aug 10, 20182 min read
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