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This Brutal House (published 29/05/2019)

Niven Govinden‘s This Brutal House (Dialogue Books) is published on June 6th.

Niven will be discussing his new novel with Isabel Waidner and Amelia Abraham at the London Review Bookshop on Friday June 7th. Book here.

Paris Does Not Exist (published )

Stewart Home‘s still got it. His essay, “Paris Does Not Exist”, appears on p. 264 of We’ll Never Have Paris.

Paris Montage (published 28/05/2019)

And here is Richard Skinner, novelist and Director of the Fiction Programme at Faber Academy. Richard’s wonderful “Paris Montage: Coincidence is the Mystery of the Metropolis; Montage Crystallizes that Chaos” appears on p. 175 of We’ll Never Have Paris.

The Hanged Man (published )

Joanna Walsh, outside The Haggerston, before her reading at Burley Fisher. Joanna’s “The Hanged Man” appears on p. 153 of We’ll Never Have Paris.

Petite vilaine (published 27/05/2019)

Yours truly and Susana Medina. Susana’s poem, “Petite vilaine”, appears on p. 460 of We’ll Never Have Paris.

Hulot sur la jetée (published 26/05/2019)

C.D. Rose ahead of his reading at Burley Fisher Books. His stunning short story, “Hulot sur la jetée”, appears on p. 218 of We’ll Never Have Paris.

Ten Fragments of an Idea of Paris… (published )

The mighty Lee Rourke ahead of his reading. Lee’s “Ten Fragments of an Idea of Paris Already Imagine by You” is on p. 350 of We’ll Never Have Paris.

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