We have decided to go on a literary inter-railing trip this coming summer and, for Transmission #11, we will be looking for short fiction on the theme EUROPE for publication in May 2008.
Europe is steeped in literary greatness, from Kafka to Flaubert, Dante to Mann, Nabokov to Hamsun. We want the magazine to reflect this, […]
Author Archives: Graham
Transmission Opts for the Full Continental
November 13, 2007 – 9:07 am
The Transmission Oktoberfest: In Pictures!
October 29, 2007 – 3:17 pm
It has taken us a while to recover from the festivities, but here we present you with some pictures from The First Transmission & Salt Literary Oktoberfest!
Mingling revelers enjoying the refreshments!
NP Murgatroyd reading from his Transmission #09 story, “The Second Death of el Mig”
Richard Fair reading from his Transmission #09 story, “Creeque Alley”
Andrew Michael Hurley […]
Manchester Literature Festival: The Aftermath
October 13, 2007 – 12:45 pm
There is lots to say, and I’ll probably spread it over two (or more) posts. We are currently recovering from an intense week, packed full of readings and events. It’s still not over, of course. I shall be going to see Roddy Doyle this afternoon…
First up we visited the Lowry, taking part in the fantastically […]
Transmission’s Pulp Fiction Special Out Now!
October 1, 2007 – 3:30 pm
Transmission #09 is hot off the presses, featuring exclusive interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Chabon and purveyor of “Tartan Noir”, Christopher Brookmyre. We also have writing guidance from BBC Radio 4 scribe Paul Barnhill and some excellent Pulp Fiction themed short stories.
Head to our online shop to buy your very own copy!
Full contents follow:
Interviews:
Graham Foster […]
Review: The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
September 26, 2007 – 1:51 pm
After the giddy comedy of jPod, Douglas Coupland has returned to the suburbs with his eleventh work of fiction. The Gum Thief is set in a Staples office superstore, where disparate people are thrown together. We first meet Roger, a sad-sack, forty-something divorcee who is struggling with both the composition of his first novel and […]