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January Reads
I planned to do a monthly round up of everything I’ve been reading but the weeks since the end of January kind of got away from me. However here it is…
Iain Maloney
Feb 5, 2022
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The Kindness of Strangers
With the sad news of the passing of Hilary Mantel, people began exchanging stories of their meetings with her. A picture quickly developed of someone…
Iain Maloney
Sep 25, 2022
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Fuji Rock and Ever After
Archives Series: Vol 1. First published in Gutter 6, Spring 2012.
Iain Maloney
Nov 30, 2021
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March Reads
March was an eclectic month reading-wise. I didn’t think I was going to get much done as my work plate overfloweth but it turned out I needed that down…
Iain Maloney
Apr 5, 2022
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That Was The Year That Was
So that’s been a year (thirteen months, technically) of my Substack adventures and I’d tentatively say it’s been a success. There have been a few…
Iain Maloney
Dec 31, 2022
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April Reads I
I’ve had to split this into two because of restrictions on email size (it’s the pictures, rather than the text, before you panic), so I’ve roughly…
Iain Maloney
May 3, 2022
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Behind the Words: Fyann
So first of all the where. In The Empty Places was an anthology I co-edited back in 2016 with the aim of raising funds and awareness for Bantuan Coffee…
Iain Maloney
Apr 26, 2022
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Fractures in Translation
Originally published in 川柳塔 March 2020
Iain Maloney
May 10, 2022
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Behind the Words: Turnstile
This was one of the first pieces of fiction I wrote when I moved to Japan that actually engaged with my surroundings. I kept a blog almost daily, and I…
Iain Maloney
Dec 10, 2022
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Books of the Year
Books of the year. Technically, novels of the year. I was going to do lists for poetry and non-fiction, as well as fiction, but I read about a dozen…
Iain Maloney
Dec 24, 2022
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Behind the Words: A Trolley Full of Marx
This is another story I think of as a window. It has minimal arcs, very little information, just a snapshot moment of two people’s lives together…
Iain Maloney
Feb 26, 2022
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Behind the Words: Christmas, 1990
So this is The Waves Burn Bright, my third novel. At its core is the Piper Alpha disaster of 1988, where 167 men lost their lives. It was published by…
Iain Maloney
Dec 7, 2021
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