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July 31, 2018
An exploration of art in fiction: ‘high’ and ‘low’ art, art snobbery, and redemption
Few authors can be as steeped in art – literally since birth – as Valeria Vescina, my my first of today’s guest contributors. “My mother is an art historian and my father directed a gallery of twentieth-century art. Some of my earliest memories are of sitting down with books of old-master paintings,” she says. Passionate...
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July 17, 2018
Help: my eBook business model is broken
A few weeks ago, I was watching a topical panel show. When the question of plastic pollution came up, one of the panelists replied, ‘No, you’re not laying the blame at my door. I bought plastic on the understanding that it would be recycled. It’s not my fault if someone went and dumped it in...
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An exploration of art in fiction: finding your inspiration
The focus of this week’s exploration of art in fiction is finding your inspiration. We kick off with a contribution from Michael Jarvie. Michael is a working-class writer from the North East of England. He is the author of the composite novel The Prison and the thriller Black Art. With a BA Honours degree in...
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June 28, 2018
An exploration of art in fiction, Part 4: when all roads lead to Tate Modern
This week’s Art in Fiction focuses on novels that are set in the mecca of modern art, Tate Modern. One of my favourite reads in recent months was Harriet P Paige’s Man With A Seagull on his Head, which was nominated for Not The Booker 2017. Paige perfectly pitches a portrait of outsider artist Ray...
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June 20, 2018
An exploration of art in fiction, Part 3: Grief Art Writing
To give this week’s guest post a rambling introduction would be to do it a disservice. It is more than capable of standing on its own two feet. Suffice to say that, when I read it, I felt as if I’d been given a gift. Vivienne Tuffnell is a writer, poet, explorer and mystic. She says...
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An exploration of art in fiction, Part 3: Grief, Art and Writing
To give this week’s guest post a rambling introduction would be to do it a disservice. It is more than capable of standing on its own two feet. Suffice to say that, when I read it, I felt as if I’d been given a gift. Vivienne Tuffnell is a writer, poet, explorer and mystic. She says...
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June 12, 2018
An exploration of art in fiction, Part 2: Fictionalised lives of real artists
The week’s exploration of the use of art in fiction (part 2) focuses on novels that tell fictionalised accounts of the lives of real artists. One of my favourite examples is contained in How to be Both, by Ali Smith. Francesco del Cossa was a 15th Century painter. Although few known examples of his works...
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June 5, 2018
An exploration of art in fiction, Part 1: Smash all the Windows
For the next few weeks, Virtual Book Club will be taking a break. Instead, I’m going to bring you an exploration of the use of art in fiction. Fictionalised stories behind real painting; novels based on the lives of real artists; fictional artists, fictional works of art; fictional members of real art movements; fictional muses...
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May 26, 2018
Writers Who Walk
I’m a walker who writes. In my childhood years, as one of five children, ‘I’m a walker’ wasn’t something you needed to explain. It was a given. We even had our own chant. ‘I left (start with left foot) my wife with forty-four children and don’t you think I was (skip) right, right, right. I...
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May 24, 2018
Blog Subscribers – Important Information
Dear friends, I realise that you have all been absolutely bombarded with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) madness in the past month or so. With tomorrow’s deadline looming, you will no doubt be bombarded with ‘No, this really is your very last chance to stay in touch’ emails. You may have received an email from...
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