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Michael Stewart’s novel wins the Not the Booker prize
Michael Stewart’s novel King Crow, published in January 2011, has been voted the winner of the 2011 Not the Booker prize. The prize is awarded by readers of the Guardian books blog, after an extended process of nominations, shortlisting and reviewing … Continue reading
Playing with words and music
Write a play with songs, for a cast of four actor-musicians – that was the brief from Penrith’s rural touring company, Quondam. I’d only written one song lyric in my life, and loved it! So I was kicking keen … Continue reading