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Edinburgh International Writers’ Conference 1962 and 2012

March 9, 2012 Writing The Long Way Around

This is very exciting. Very exciting indeed. Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference to launch in August You can see excerpts from the original conference programme at Reality Studio, a very cool William S Burroughs community site. There is also a list of the 1962 delegates; it’s going to be interesting to compare this to 2012 list. I was having a quick look around to find out more about the 1962 conference and found a few snippets. LOUDER THAN WAR JOHN CALDER ARTICLE STEWART SMITH ARTICLE Continue reading Edinburgh International Writers’ Conference 1962 and 2012

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Letters of Note

March 9, 2012 Writing The Long Way Around

This site is always such a pleasure. Keep an eye out for the book version in November 2012 http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/02/she-doesnt-answer-phone.html You can follow the site on twitter @lettersofnote Continue reading Letters of Note

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Peer Pressure

March 3, 2012December 2, 2013 Writing The Long Way Around

Peer pressure has never had much effect on me. When I see a horde of people all moving in one direction, it’s my nature to walk purposely and quickly in the opposite direction. This might be because the first time … Continue reading Peer Pressure

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It’ll be all LIGHT on the night

March 1, 2012December 2, 2013 Writing The Long Way Around

During March, Edinburgh will be celebrating a new Scottish Enlightenment thanks to the superb (and always formidable) City of Literature who launch their new enLIGHTen project tonight. Six locations running from Charlotte Square to St. Andrew Square will be projecting … Continue reading It’ll be all LIGHT on the night

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Geek or fan? I have a bad feeling about this

February 22, 2012February 23, 2012 Writing The Long Way Around

Geek? Yeah, are you a geek? I’m wearing a Chanel-esque cardigan from Dorothy Perkins, high-heeled suede boots and lip gloss. I can never remember how to calculate percentages never mind Stardate reckonings, and although I can ask for a glass of wine in all earth languages, I am teetotal in Klingon. So what could have prompted such a question? Turns out pulling my limited edition Star Wars Moleskine notebook from my Mulberry Calder to take notes during a meeting immediately transformed me into geek-girl. I tend to use the term geek for someone a lot smarter than me so I turned … Continue reading Geek or fan? I have a bad feeling about this