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August 27, 2009
The Murderess and the Hangman - will she escape the hangman?
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August 26, 2009
Why chess is a perfect game for fiction - KGB chess!
Stuart EversFriday August 28 2009
The Guardian
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The summer of 1972 is a golden one for writers seeking a tumultuous background to their fiction. Kicking off with the breaking of the Watergate scandal, continuing through "Hanoi" Jane Fonda's tour of North Vietnam and ending with the massacre at the Munich Olympics, that summer is stuffed with so many huge international events that a humble game of chess seems rather a distraction. But this was the match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer ...
August 12, 2009
July 11, 2009
Kate Webster - London murderess! - did she do it?
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August 9, 2008
First Chapter Published!
Dear England, I'm pleased to say that online publisher Word Riot has kindly published the first chapter of my novel, The Pride and the Sorrow, with a nice endorsement at this link...Very nicely laid out too. Word Riot currently have about 9000 hits a month, so it's definitely pleasing to be part of their venture!
You can also download the first chapter for free here at Bookhabit.com, the New Zealand company currently promoting my book through their website. If you really want to hear me talk non
June 24, 2008
Matt wins Unpublished Novel Competition!
Bookhabit.com is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Bookhabit Unpublished Competition is Matt Fullerty's The Pride and the Sorrow. Matt receives a US$5000 prize and is "thrilled" about winning the first Bookhabit competition. We will be posting an interview with Matt on Bookhabit.com shortly. Congratulations from Bookhabit!You can see full details with an endorsement of the novel at http://bookhabit.com/competition/
The 23-minute interview with Matt conducted by Clare Tanner of the B
June 22, 2008
June 20, 2008
Novel's first interview - thanks Clare!
A 23-minute interview with Matt is now available through http://www.reviewyak.com/ with Clare Tanner of the Bookhabit Show. "Every month over 20,000 listeners download our podcasts for The Bookhabit Show where we tell the author's story behind the story."
June 18, 2008
Novel's first review - thanks Geoff!
Geoff Cush, a member of the judging panel, had this to say about THE PRIDE AND THE SORROW :
"What made Matt Fullerty's writing stand out, from the very first sentence, was an unusually strong and individual way with words. Taking us into the vanished world of old America and Europe he uses a highly textured language to give an almost physical experience of being in that place and time. Drawing subtle lines between a society top-heavy with leisure and the profligate genius it produced in Morphy, h
"What made Matt Fullerty's writing stand out, from the very first sentence, was an unusually strong and individual way with words. Taking us into the vanished world of old America and Europe he uses a highly textured language to give an almost physical experience of being in that place and time. Drawing subtle lines between a society top-heavy with leisure and the profligate genius it produced in Morphy, h
February 28, 2007
New Site (If You Like Chess and Murder)
Check out
Matt Fullerty
's new website and novel
The Pride and the Sorrow
about the life of chess world champion Paul Morphy at
www.mattfullerty.com
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