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This edition published in Great Britain by axbooks, Storey Institute,Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TH. Tel 01524 62166.www.litest.orgAll works©their respective authorsSquare Cuts (ax001)©axbooksAll rights reserved; no part o this publication may be reproduced, storedin a retrieval system, or transmitted, by any means, electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission o thepublisher and individual creators.axbooks is the publishing imprint o litestLancaster and District Festival Ltd. trading as litest.Registered in EnglandCompany Number: 1494221Charity Number: 510670Editor: Sarah HymasDesign and layout: Martin Chester at litest
 
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Lancashire and Cumbria, synonymous with some o the best-known namesin English literature, are vibrant literary regions today. They are hometo many talented writers – some published, some unpublished – but allproducing exciting new work in a variety o genre.In a publishing industry that suers rom being London-centric, with the vast majority o publishers, scouts and literary agents based in the capital,it is vital that good writing rom the regions is showcased and celebrated.
Square Cuts
is a very positive step in the right direction.Mollie Baxter oers a glimpse o love remembered in
Thinking in Slices
;Andrew Michael Hurley provides a snapshot o a relationship in
Guns and How They Work 
; there is a tempting frst chapter rom Lynne Alexander’snovel
Whale 
, and Hendryk Korzeniowski oers an expertly dry commenton commercially-bought immortality in
Sleeping with Walt Disney
. From thesparseness o Ian Seed’s short pieces to Peter Wild’s moving
The Other Side 
  via Jane Eagland’s unsettling
Wind 
, this anthology gives us an idea o the breadth o writing rom authors in Lancashire.Whether authors have been born and bred here, or have arrived inthe region rom elsewhere (is it surprising that writers are drawn to itslandscapes and its towns?),
Square Cuts
shows that this part o the countryenjoys a robustly healthy literary scene that includes some o the best thatBritish writing has to oer.
 Jane Smith Managing Director, Jane Smith Literary Agent Ltd.October 2006 
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