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An Elastic Sky - Flax022
We’re very proud of how all the elements of the anthology have come together to make a cohesive and entertaining read. The writers featured in the anthology will probably be both familiar and unfamiliar names: Rebecca Irvine Bilkau, David Tait, Michael Crowley, Ron Scowcroft and Jim Turner. All of them show a deftness in language and ideas. To read the wildly diverse poems of An Elastic Sky, hear some of the poems in it, or find out more about the authors it showcases, then go to An Elastic Sky page.
Category:PoetryReads:316Uploaded:01 / 04 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionThis Road We're On - Flax 021
An anthology navigating how we love. Featuring stories by Chris Witter, Annie Clarkson, Amy Prodromou, Naomi Kruger and Emma Bragg. “The difficulty and fragility of our relationships with those we love – this is the theme that preoccupies the five writers collected here. Between them they explore, in their very different ways, the precarious tension inherent in the intimate connections with others which, as humans, we all crave. It’s no surprise, of course, that this fascination with personal relationships recurs so often in the realm of the short story – of all literary forms it’s perhaps the most perfectly suited to capturing the turning points, the moments of illumination and of blindness, that determine whether a relationship will live or die.” - Carys Davies Flax021 is the lates digital download publication from Flax, new poetry and prose from writers in the North West (UK). For more information visit www.litfest.org
Category:Short StoriesReads:504Uploaded:09 / 08 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionMostly Truthful - Flax 019
Mostly Truthful is Flax’s first adventure into creative non-fiction. It grew out of an awareness of the strong content of blogs and wanting to celebrate that. The pieces that are in the anthology are very disparate – running from urban to rural, memoir to social and literary observation. But what does hold this anthology together is a willingness to explore the world we occupy – historically, physically and imagined – and an acceptance that we don’t necessarily understand it all. Mostly Truthful is a vibrant collection of voices that represent a slice of now, of us being the brink, as always, of change and how we choose to respond to that, wherever the detail of our lives takes us. Kate Feld, Jane Routh, Adrian Slatcher and Katherine Woodfine are honest, direct and generous writers who will ask you to reconsider how you view your past, your territory and passions. Download Mostly Truthful and enjoy.
Category:Short StoriesReads:901Uploaded:11 / 16 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionWelcome To Your Mouths and Tongues
Jacob Polley was commissioned in 2004 to write a poem on The Storey (litfest's historic home). The commission formed part of a larger project including a poem by Gael Turnbull, working with Lancaster City Council, Folly and The Storey Gallery which explored the Storey building plans through a virtual model of the space.
Category:PoetryReads:463Uploaded:09 / 03 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionThe Crowd Without: Flax 018
The Crowd Without is the latest of our poetry anthologies. It contains poems that twist through relationships, the sky and memory. While these topics are well populated, the narrators of the poems are outsiders, or at the least, objective witnesses to what unfolds around them. Discover new writing from Ruth Allen, Polly Atkin, Jennifer Copley, Chris Culshaw, Segun Lee-French, and Andrew McMillan. More like this at www.litfest.org
Category:PoetryReads:878Uploaded:07 / 29 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionPaper Mirror - Flax013
Flax goes Large Flax, 010-015 Back in August, Flax commissioned three poems and three short fictions from writers Maya Chowdhry, Meg Peacocke, Jane Routh, Jenn Ashworth, Annie Clarkson and Ian Seed. Then we designed posters for them. The results are stunning. For more info, visit: http://www.litfest.org/flax-goes-large-flax110-015.html
Category:PoetryReads:419Uploaded:04 / 28 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionOkarito - Flax012
Flax goes Large Flax, 010-015 Back in August, Flax commissioned three poems and three short fictions from writers Maya Chowdhry, Meg Peacocke, Jane Routh, Jenn Ashworth, Annie Clarkson and Ian Seed. Then we designed posters for them. The results are stunning. For more info, go to: http://www.litfest.org/flax-goes-large-flax110-015.html
Category:Short StoriesReads:348Uploaded:04 / 28 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionBetween - Flax014
Flax goes Large Flax, 010-015 Back in August, Flax commissioned three poems and three short fictions from writers Maya Chowdhry, Meg Peacocke, Jane Routh, Jenn Ashworth, Annie Clarkson and Ian Seed. Then we designed posters for them. The results are stunning.
Category:PoetryReads:476Uploaded:04 / 27 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionUnsaid Undone - Flax 017
This is a punchy, diverse collection of stories that explore the silences in our relationships and the ensuing comfort and discomfort we feel. The authors are at various stages of the careers, but all of them show a love of language, deftness in construction and sense of urgency in what they have to tell us. Discover new writing from Annie Clarkson, Brindley Hallam Dennis, Andrew Michael Hurley, Marita Over and John Siddique. More information on Flax books can be found at http://www.litfest.org/flax.html
Category:Short StoriesReads:831Uploaded:04 / 23 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionKahkow - Flax011
Flax goes Large Flax, 010-015 Back in August, Flax commissioned three poems and three short fictions from writers Maya Chowdhry, Meg Peacocke, Jane Routh, Jenn Ashworth, Annie Clarkson and Ian Seed. Then we designed posters for them. The results are stunning. More information can be found at http://www.litfest.org/flax-goes-large-flax110-015.html
Category:PoetryReads:451Uploaded:04 / 23 / 2009ShareAdd to collection
