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Tom Cox

Tom Cox

03 Jan 2015


A column for The Guardian

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All The Underrated Absolute Legends Who Made Us Feel Great When We Were Alive

All The Underrated Absolute Legends Who Made Us Feel Great When We Were Alive

June is turning out to be a busier month than anticipated: a few things clicked into place, I fended off my recent spate of creative block, stopped staring self-defeatingly at my fig tree like a bearded 21st-Century Esther Greenwood and really got motoring on novel number four. I&

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Upcoming Talks, And The EWSY Paperback

Upcoming Talks, And The EWSY Paperback

If I was more adept at this whole self promotion business I no doubt would have announced this a lot earlier but after a lengthy break from the event circuit, I'm doing a couple of talks this month: 16th June at Heron Books in Bristol (tickets available here)

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The REAL Best Film Of The Summer Of Love?

The REAL Best Film Of The Summer Of Love?

The full version of today's post is for paying subscribers only. If you'd like to support my writing you can do so here and get access to absolutely everything new I post, for a minimum of £20 per year, plus an enormous archive of writing stretching

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Writer's Block, Ideas Are Overrated, Please Stop Saying 'Whimsy'... And Other Things Proper Writers Are Probably Not Supposed To Talk About: A Birthday Newsletter

Writer's Block, Ideas Are Overrated, Please Stop Saying 'Whimsy'... And Other Things Proper Writers Are Probably Not Supposed To Talk About: A Birthday Newsletter

Writer's block is when a dazzling array of options become tyrannical, team up with an unwillingness to fail, mug you in a dark alley and stick a bag over your head.

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Books

Everything will swallow you

Everything will swallow you

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1983

1983

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Villager

Villager

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Notebook

Notebook

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Help the Witch

Help the Witch

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Ring the hill

Ring the hill

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21st Century Yokel

21st Century Yokel

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Audiobooks

21st Century Yokel

21st Century Yokel Audiobook

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Ring the hill Audiobook

Ring the hill Audiobook

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Help the Witch Audiobook

Help the Witch Audiobook

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