Benjamin Myers's Blog, page 8
June 20, 2013
Northern Writer's Awards 2013
I went to the Northern Writer's Awards. I was given the top award for my forthcoming novel. That was good. I sweated a lot. Less good.
Funeral suit.
With poets Ian Duhig, Tony Martinez de las Rivas and Zaffar Kunial.
With...
June 15, 2013
Dazed And Confused review
SHORT STORY OF THE WEEK:
‘Snorri & Frosti’ by Benjamin Myers
[Galley Beggar Press]
I don’t read enough short stories, and some of the best writing of the twentieth-century falls into that category: Carver, Johnson, et al. Myers’ Snorri and Frosti has shades of both, but also of Cormac McCarthy’s much-underrated Sunset Limited. Two old guys shooting the shit – it shouldn’t be brilliant, but it really is.
From here.
June 13, 2013
Snorri & Frosti / Early Notices
"The piece makes the mundane totally beautiful and charming and glorious to read...."
Full review here.
Published July 16th 2013.
June 10, 2013
June 5, 2013
Summer Swim #4
Gaddings Dam reservoir, above Todmorden (West Yorkshire / Lancashire border).
