Monthly Archives: April 2012

Most beautiful thing(s)

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sarah Tanburn

People around the world have been blogging yesterday and today about their most beautiful things, to mark Fiona Robyn’s new book. Now I have to confess I have not got into the spirit of this, and haven’t read enough other … Continue reading →

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Monsters and myths

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sarah Tanburn

The Gillian Wearing exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery has had a lot of airplay. I had an hour or so (after one of my frequent visits for hand treatment at the London Whitechapel Hospital) to visit. It reminded me … Continue reading →

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Love and water: Ninepins by Rosy Thornton

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Sarah Tanburn

Ninepins was published last week. The eponymous toll-house is in an isolated Fen village outside Cambridge. Standing just a little higher than the surrounding reclaimed flat land, it is home to Laura and her asthmatic twelve year-old, Beth. Laura lets … Continue reading →

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Switzerland: winning short story online.

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Sarah Tanburn

My short story Switzerland won that fantastic cup that’s gracing my living room.  The great folk behind National Short Story Week have put it online here.   The whole week, which happens in November, is a great concept, which helps … Continue reading →

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CRUCIFIXION

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Sarah Tanburn

The bodies of willing donors are injected with plastic, their flesh burned away leaving a complex web of their circulatory system in a lurid scarlet. The covering of the skull is nearly complete. Delicate filigree encases the space where the … Continue reading →

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Seven lines for seven writers

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Sarah Tanburn

I have been passed my Lucky 7 by the lovely Laura Wilkinson, a writer chum I interviewed on this site when her novel Bloodmining came out.. Lucky 7 is just a bit of ‘blog fun’ for authors. I’m new to … Continue reading →

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