Mention the name Paul Auster around these parts and it will be met with a hushed reverence. Well, last night I saw a film called Blue in the Face, which Auster wrote and co-directed. True to form, it was excellent. Constructed as a series of vignettes set around a cigar shop in Brooklyn, it was [...]
Category Archives: Authors
Ben Musgrave’s Blog
April 19, 2007 – 5:40 pm
In the last issue we ran an article about the Royal Exchange Theatre’s playwrighting competition. Well, we have recently discovered that the winner, Ben Musgrave, is detailing his experiences bringing his play to the stage in a new blog! To see what he’s up to, click here
Ben’s play, Pretend You Have Big Buildings, is being [...]
David Gaffney Sawn-off Tales book signing
April 19, 2007 – 11:41 am
Another plug for regular Transmission contributor David Gaffney. This Saturday 21st April, the author will be signing copies of his excellent collection of short stories, Sawn-off Tales, from 1.00pm at Waterstones in Bury, North Manchester.
Only a short stretch from Manchester city centre on the Metrolink (about 25 mins) at £3.50 off-peak return, so if you [...]
Breaking the First Rule
April 13, 2007 – 10:29 am
I am sorry to say that the first (and second) rule of Fight Club was well and truly broken last night. I spoke to Chuck Palahniuk about everything from Fight Club, to publishing short stories and his fantastic new novel Rant. Chuck also touched on subjects as varied as creepy removal men and Marlene Dietrich [...]
The Booker for Short Stories?
April 2, 2007 – 2:19 pm
The future is looking bright for the much-ignored genre of short fiction. Not only has there been the National Short Story Prize, but now there is The Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story. The prize is open for collections by a single author, and has had entries from big publishers as well as from [...]