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April 13, 2018
A Shadow Clarke 2018 selection box – six exciting centres
April 13, 2018By Maureen Kincaid Speller Choices are difficult. I’m not always good at making them. Lengthy restaurant menus are torture...
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April 10, 2018
Nix Six 2018
April 10, 2018My criteria for the selection of these six titles this year – none of which I have read –...
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March 6, 2018
A Means of Escape: A Round-Up of Our Posts So Far
March 6, 2018Guest post by Helen Marshall * Dr Helen Marshall is an acclaimed writer, editor and book historian. She is...
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February 15, 2018
Literary Criticism and the 2018 Shadow Clarke: Introducing Nick Hubble
February 15, 2018By Nick Hubble A key part of the purpose of the Shadow Jury last year was not just to...
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February 14, 2018
Introducing Foz Meadows
February 14, 2018By Foz Meadows When I was growing up, my parents worked with words: my mother as an editor and...
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February 8, 2018
Introducing Maureen Kincaid Speller
February 8, 2018By Maureen Kincaid Speller I find it difficult to talk about how I write critically because it is a...
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February 7, 2018
Introducing Samira Nadkarni
February 7, 2018By Samira Nadkarni Awards make me uncomfortable. I have multiple reasons for this – most reading experiences tend to...
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February 6, 2018
Conversations in a Noisy Room: Introducing Gary K. Wolfe
February 6, 2018By Gary K. Wolfe I’m writing this as all of us are still struggling to come to terms with...
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January 30, 2018
Introducing Alasdair Stuart
January 30, 2018By Alasdair Stuart * Magic tricks are stories with applause at the end. They are structured like jokes, designed...
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January 23, 2018
You’re Never Alone with a Critic – Shadowing the Clarke Award, 2018
January 23, 2018By Maureen Kincaid Speller Last year, when the first Shadow Clarke jury convened, its jurors had no idea how...