Nicholas Hogg
@nicholas_hogg
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Author of A Sacrifice, inspiration for the Ridley Scott film starring Eric Bana and Sadie Sink. Gregory O'Donoghue/Poetry London/Liverpool poetry prizes.
London - Leicester
Joined April 2011
Thanks to @alexfarber and @RosamundUrwin at @thetimes for running this today. Quotes on novels *and* house moves available.
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RT @alexhouen: Am excited to have received proofs for the poem-novel, SEE YOU THROUGH, that Geoffrey Gilbert and I wrote together. It dan….
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Who are the daring small presses publishing fiction right now? The indie start-ups releasing work that the bigger houses have missed?.
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'Volume 1 will contain new work by writers like Henry Normal, co-creator of The Royle Family; Alison Moore, who has been Booker shortlisted; acclaimed Indian novelist Indu Menon; and Nicholas Hogg, whose previous novel was adapted by Ridley Scott.'.
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Great to be in the inaugural issue of the New Nottingham Journal, 'an upcoming print journal, set to showcase the work of writers from both Nottingham and further afield.' More on the @Kickstarter campaign @LeftLion
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First job I had. First job I was fired from.
There was a time, not so long ago, when an army of boys & girls from 12 years upwards set their alarm clocks for 5.30 a.m. & got dressed, mounted their bikes in all weathers & headed to their local newsagents to carry out their paper round. It was an important introduction to
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'We live in a much more censorious environment. if the state starts to say you can't talk about this, you can't talk about that, I think we're on a dangerous road.' Irvine Welsh talks to @katierazz in Leith
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Pleasure to make the Alpine Fellowship shortlist alongside poets I highly admire.
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RT @NiallCPoetry: What a treat that the new Bad Lilies is out - You can always trust @KathrynGray and @neilsonandr….
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RT @AmsterdamRev: "Being human, / the people came / to accept transformation / for its own sake— / of themselves, first— / but transformati….
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'Shatter the romance that keeps the nation numb and spellbound while privilege picks its pocket.'.
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'There is still plenty of good writing, plenty of literary energy, but it is not always in the same places it used to be, and the literary establishment isn’t always well aligned to its audience.' @NewStatesman
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'He pens a jeremiad against both publishers and critics who, he avers, no longer value great writing and a cadre of writers who are no longer interested in telling the truth about society.' @nytimes
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Flora and fauna on the cliffs above Trevose Head, Cornwall
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RT @M_H_Taylor: Obviously, there is no better time to read a book about the discovery of dinosaurs. .
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