{"id":712,"date":"2013-09-17T18:54:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T18:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/?p=712"},"modified":"2013-09-17T18:54:11","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T18:54:11","slug":"emily-bullocks-novel-to-be-published-by-myriad-editions-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/?p=712","title":{"rendered":"Emily Bullock&#8217;s novel to be published by Myriad Editions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Bullock\u2019s d\u00e9but novel, <em>The Longest Fight<\/em> is to be published by Brighton-based independent publisher, Myriad Editions, in early 2014.\u00a0 It is the first signing for fiction editor Holly Ainley, who acquired world English rights from agent Ed Wilson at Johnson and Alcock.<\/p>\n<p>Set in pre-and post-WW2 London, <em>The Longest Fight <\/em>\u2018expertly interweaves the gritty, violent world of boxing with a startlingly poignant exploration of love and family loyalty.\u00a0 Drawing on influences as diverse as Graham Green, Sarah Waters and F X Toole, this is the story of one man\u2019s struggle to overcome the mistakes and tragedies of his past.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>The Longest Fight<\/em> is a beautiful and brutal d\u00e9but,\u2019 says Ainley of her first acquisition.\u00a0 \u2018Hailing from a family of South London boxers and inspired by her bare-knuckle fighting grandfather, Emily Bullock\u2019s voice rings with authenticity.\u00a0 She proudly shines a light on the strength of relationships formed in this violent, ambitious, male-dominated world.\u00a0 A careful combination of historical research and a natural desire to open readers\u2019 eyes to this moment in time make her an irresistible new talent.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Emily has an MA in Creative Writing from UEA and teaches creative writing modules A215 and A363 for the Open University.\u00a0 She has been writing <em>The Longest Fight<\/em> as part of her PhD with the OU.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emilybullock.com\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.emilybullock.com\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Bullock\u2019s d\u00e9but novel, The Longest Fight is to be published by Brighton-based independent publisher, Myriad Editions, in early 2014.\u00a0 It is the first signing for fiction editor Holly Ainley, who acquired world English rights from agent Ed Wilson at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/?p=712\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-novels","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}