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About literarylad

Graham Wright is a freelance writer and author who has written numerous short stories and three novels, the most recent of which, 'Shooting at Strangers', is a dramatic and moving story dealing with the fallout from a terrorist incident in Manchester. His first novel, Single Point Perspective, is also set in and around the city of Manchester, where he lived and worked for more than fifteen years. His second, Moojara, is set in and around the world, but mostly centres on Perth, Western Australia. All are works of dramatic literary fiction - imaginative, serious and thoughtful, but with a sense of humour. As well as fiction, Graham also writes music, and plays four instruments. He tends to move around a bit, but is currently living in Shropshire.

AI vs Authors

A report released this week looks at the impact AI is having on the novel, and those who (up until now) write them. Impact of Generative AI on the Novel is by a team of independent researchers, working at Cambridge … Continue reading

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Fiction or Non-Fiction?

When we think about reading, most often we have in mind fiction. Novels, short stories or even flash fiction can be entertaining and engrossing, invoke emotion, take us out of ourselves and give our minds a welcome rest from the … Continue reading

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The Shape of Things to Come

I was speaking to a friend the other day about the books we read in our youth (which is oh, just a few years ago now). And in particular, those novels of a prophetic nature. My friend has just come … Continue reading

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The Bonfire of the Rights…

Here in the UK we like to think of ourselves as belonging to the ‘Free World’. You’d think we’d have the freedom to burn books, for instance (so long as they belong to us, of course – burning other people’s … Continue reading

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Contemporary Fiction Worth Reading…

At last! I believe I may have written previously about my struggle to find contemporary novels that I like. As a youngster my reading was concentrated on novels from the past, mostly early twentieth century, from authors such as E. … Continue reading

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Vettriano

The Scottish painter Jack Vettriano has died. He represented striking and convincing images of people and places on canvas with an economy of fluent brush strokes, much in the way that the best of the impressionists did, and his talent … Continue reading

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Libraries for Growth

My local library is permanently closed due to the discovery of dangerous ‘RAAC’ concrete in the building. This typifies the plight of libraries across the country. Our library system has been neglected and underfunded for decades. But the current government’s … Continue reading

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Sleep Culture

Thought for the day –The opposite of ‘woke’ is ‘asleep’. It’s an age old trick of extremists. First you find a word or phrase that sums up the ideas and principles you don’t like (or that don’t suit your agenda). … Continue reading

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Nobel Prize for Literature

Congratulations to Han Kang on winning the Nobel Prize for Literature! Praised ‘for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical trauma and exposes the fragility of human life’, it’s encouraging to know that in these times of equality, no-one need … Continue reading

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Mozart – The Rise of a Genius

You know how it is when you start watching the first episode of a TV series, and find it so irritatingly bad you’ve no choice but to stick with it for the full hour? And then watch the rest of … Continue reading

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