Writer, and Publisher @barbicanpress1. New book on the Bishnois, MY HEAD FOR A TREE, and new fiction. Emeritus professor of creative writing at Hull.
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I've started a substack. Please read & subscribe. It's free! BOOKS ACROSS THE POND, about writing and publishing both sides of the Atlantic.
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Confessions of a Compulsive House Hunter - Why I've stopped house hunting and built a pond.
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Tintin . I never really thought about him but now I find Hergé’s work delightful.
Here he is breakfasting alongside his little white dog Milou @helen_warlow
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I was really chuffed that my new novel Family Man received such a great review from The Herald.
If you fancy checking out the book.
Paperback copies are £11.99 from Amazon, Tippermuir Books, Waterstones, Blackwells, Lighthouse Bookshop etc
The kindle version is £4
Cheers.
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Mongolian Girl Has a Laugh with her Camel.
The little girl’s name is Butedmaa and she was just 5 when this picture was taken in 2003 by photographer Han Chengli, who titled it “Inner Mongolian Child”.
Eighteen months has brought us very close to three wildfires ... here's part of that story. With separate thoughts on how a writer archives a life.
The Fire Next Time martingoodman.substack.com/p…
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I saw one of Peter Gill's Lawrence productions: quite revelatory. A quiet though major influence.
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Seeing so many of Zurbaran’s paintings in the exhibition at @NationalGallery is a really mesmerising, haunting experience.
Really glad to have sneaked in a visit before the show closes later this month.
Especially glad to have seen the Agnus Dei…
The Angels Came to Sodom in th… - The Gaily Show - Apple Podcasts share.google/olhbANxVz5dwO3Z…
I'm fond of how this Victorian chimney hugs its new loft extension. #chimneychewsday
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This white stork perched on our electricity post this morning, quietly watching me garden. Nature’s curious spectator! 🙂
What an excellent interviewer you are, Chintan!
Many thanks for an engaging conversation and fine piece.
It brings back happy memories of Kerala as well.
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I interviewed @MartinGoodman2 about My Head for A Tree, his excellent book on the Bishnoi community in Rajasthan, for @htTweets. (Edits: @utterflea)
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Outstanding woodcut from Dutch artist Elaine Brontsema. Mind blowing! 🫶👍 nitter.cf/JimBeattie18/status/20…
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Very much appreciate this early comment on A HOT NIB by @_paullay for Engelberg Ideas.
Kind words. Thanks. It's a treat to be nestled in Leicester in this way, my home city.
New review on Everybody's Reviewing by Rachael Clyne of "Killing Spree" by Jorie Graham everybodysreviewing.blogspot… @jorie_graham @Carcanet @crystalclearjt @cwaleicester @PoetrySociety
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Featured today on Creative Writing at Leicester: brilliant author Martin Goodman and his new novel "Swimming for England." Read more here: creativewritingatleicester.b… @crystalclearjt @EverybodyReview @BarbicanPress1 @MartinGoodman2