There is an exciting new online journal happening over at Manchester University’s Centre for New Writing. The Manchester Review is edited by John McAuliffe and Ian McGuire (both previous Transmission contributors). It’s first issue features a mix of writing from the well known (John Banville & M.J. Hyland among others), the up-and-coming (an extract from [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2008
No Point in Not Being Friends #3
September 22, 2008 – 9:53 am
It is with great regret that I missed the last one of these (and forgot to post it here), but No Point in Not Being Friends… the Manchester reading night organised by Chris Killen and Sally Cook is this Tuesday, 23rd September. Chris and Sally have worked hard to create a great night, which is [...]
David Foster Wallace: 1962 - 2008
September 15, 2008 – 9:44 am
That my anguish and sadness is so great after hearing of the death of David Foster Wallace should indicate the effect his writing has on a reader. His books become obsession; one story of his reveals more innovation and intelligence than the last five years’ worth (maybe even ten years’ worth) of Booker winners and [...]
Review: The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell
September 8, 2008 – 10:59 am
Review by Jen Newby
Lawrence Durrell’s The Alexandria Quartet explodes the flat stereotypical characters that abound in modern fiction. Although Durrell wrote the quartet during the late fifties his writing remains undated. Vibrant characters writhe off the pages, and embed themselves into your mind, closer acquaintances than fictional constructs. You cannot forget Scobie, the decrepit cross-dressing [...]