Europe is a country and everyone speaks French here. * Nikita Lalwani’s novel, Gifted, has won the inaugural Desmond Elliott prize. The widely acclaimed debut novel about immigration and a precocious childhood, has been in contention for other literary prizes, but not won until now. …
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John Baker’s Blog - Reflections of a working writer and reader 
UK based novelist pondering the crafts of writing and reading, with cultural and social comment, film, music, theatre, quotations and the occasional rant against war, religion and politicians.
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Texting
http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/texting/From The Guardian: People think that the written language seen on mobile phone screens is new and alien, but all the popular beliefs about texting are wrong. Its graphic distinctiveness is not a new phenomenon, nor is its use restricted to the young. There is increasing evidence that it helps rather than hinders literacy. …
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This Difficulty-Phobic Culture
http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/this-difficulty-phobic-culture/Alex Pheby argues for difficult books over at Vulpes Libris. He lists what he does and doesn’t mean by ‘difficulty’ and ‘accessibility,’ and goes on to tell us: It’s not about genre either. I don’t have anything invested in a particular ‘type’ of fiction. …
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The Truth About Lies
http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.comJohn Baker's Blog
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Writer poet blogger Indian writer John P Matthew reflects on writing and writer life his writings | poems | short stories | essays | thoughts
http://johnpmathew.blogspot.comFederico Garcia Lorca - a poem
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The Shepherds' Guild
http://theshepherdsguild.blogspot.comStop Me and Buy One
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Elizabeth Baines
http://elizabethbaines.blogspot.comInterview on The Short Review Interviewed by Eric Forbes for the Book Addict's Guide to Good Books My commentary blog, Fictionbitch My contribution to Normblog Writer's Choice My contribution to the series Creating a Text on John Baker's blog My Normblog profile Podcast: In interview with Adrian Slatcher Podcast: talking about my short stories
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AddingHere.com Blogs - Just another weblog
http://addinghere.comEarl Weaver Rules wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Romanian villagers have voted to re-elect a dead man as their mayor, to prevent his living rival winning. “I know he died, but I don’t want change,” one villager told Romanian TV. * BBC
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A Periodic Blogroll Post
http://www.poetryhut.com/wordpress/index.php/33/1533/It Was Like That When I Got Here Ivy is here J’s Theater J-Walk Jackson’s Actions Jake Adam York jane dark’s sugarhigh! Jeannine Blogs Jeff’s Blog jewishy irishy jillypoet: mom trying to write John Baker’s Blog Joy Harjo’s Web Log Just a Ragamuffin Waxing Poetic Just Kristin Kevin Doran Kicking the … kinemapoetics Kingston Springs Kingston Springs Fire Department knife gun pen Land Mammal Language Barrier
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Brandywine Books
http://brandywinebooks.net/?post_id=1663Conversational Reading Critical Compendium Cybils Literary Award Dr. Goodword's Language Blog Emerging Writers Network Faith in Fiction Galley Cat Golden Rule Jones Grumpy Old Bookman J. Mark Bertrand Jerry Jazz Musician John Baker Kate's Book Blog Kimbooktu Literary Saloon Literary Weblogs List Makoto Fujimura Mental Multivitamin MetaxuCafe Mindy Withrow Moby Lives Moorish Girl Mysterium Tremendum NBCC's Critical Mass Nextbook
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Brandywine Books
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Brandywine Books
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Brandywine Books
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