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Festival Vibes

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The Programme looks sparser this year, after the enormously successful and special twentieth anniversary edition last year and there are fewer accompanying exhibitions, but the town is still full of festival-goers. We began this year with Marco Flores at Sala … Continue reading

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Carnaval Sunday

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First there’s the train. There wasn’t a local stopper for ages, though we are in possession of tickets for the local service. Let’s get on the Media Distancia anyway – it goes to the same destination – and hope that … Continue reading

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Authenticity and verisimilitude

Authentic – adjective genuine, authoritative, true; (of writing) trustworthy, as setting forth real facts. Verisimilitude – noun the quality of seeming real or true; an appearance of truth or reality. Fiction writers know about both and this has a specific … Continue reading

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History Writing

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Reading about the past is, for me, an ongoing pleasure. I also set my latest books there. As regular readers of The Story Bazaar will know, I have written one historical novel and am writing a second. So chairing The … Continue reading

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Flying Down to Jerez

So okay, it doesn’t have the same ring as ‘Flying Down to Rio’, but for me it’s just as exciting. I haven’t been in this lovely town for over two months, a ridiculously long time ( I’m not usually away … Continue reading