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Scottish author Jim Murdoch discusses writing, his own and other authors, and muses at length about his fascination with the perversity of language. Veering from the nostalgic to the acerbic his blog will amuse anyone with a love of language.
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An interview with Dick Jones
Sometimes a poem just happens in plain air. – Dick Jones, 'Song Without Words' I first discovered the poetry of Dick Jones a couple of years ago. He posted a poem on his site called 'Fox Hunting' which I stumbled...
An interview with Ani Smith
There are a lot of different blogs that I subscribe to. Some are by seasoned (i.e. older) writers like Dick Jones or Reyes Cardenas, others are by comparative youngsters like Marion McCready or Colin McGuire. When you compare these it’s ha...
Aggie and Shuggie 12
Duggie: Mags. Mags!Maggie:: Ma da says Ah'm no sposte talk t'you.Duggie: How come?Maggie:: Cos yerra bad influence.Duggie: Ah'm no.Maggie:: Yoos are too, ye wee prick. Ye wis seen doon the gaswurks.Duggie: Ah don know whit ye mean.Maggie:: Ye do too,...
An interview with Claire Askew (part two)
In my last post I had the pleasure of introducing you to one of the bright new poets-on-the-block, Edinburgh-based Claire Askew. If you've not read the first part of my interview you can see it here. In this second part I wanted to know more about wh...
An interview with Claire Askew (part one)
A few days ago I told you about a new website I've discovered called One Night Stanzas which is the brainchild of a flame-haired, young lady called Claire Askew. As I said before, but it's worth mentioning again, this is a site devoted to encouraging...
An interview with Anthony Barnett
In March 2007, while in his sixties, Anthony James Barnett, a Staffordshire lad, published his first novel, Without Reproach. He's by no means the oldest first timer – Millard Kaufman published Bowl of Cherries when he was ninety-two – but this s...
Aggie and Shuggie 10
Shuggie: Ya know, dug…The dug: Grrrf?Shuggie: …thurur times Ah cud dae wi sumwan ti talk to. Ya know…The dug: Rowf.Shuggie: Yeah, that's raight. Ah mean, luk at oor Jim. E's jist ad an innerfew an effrythin wi' sum bloke in Spain.The dug: Grfff...
An interview with Adrian Graham
In my last blog I asked if flash fiction was a joke. Typical me I was just trying to stir things up and see what everyone thinks. I also sent a copy to a writer who specialises in flash fiction and we had a wee talk about it. (Okay, not so much a tal...
