Dan Holloway and Rohan Quine think it should be and are here to tell you why.
Should Literary Fiction and Poetry be Protected? DAN HOLLOWAY & ROHAN QUINE
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[…] This is the transcript of the talk given by Rohan Quine earlier this year at the IndieReCon conference in London, as part of a two-handed presentation with performance poet and novelist Dan Holloway. Click this link to see the video recording. […]
Great to hear you two talking about this – as I run the risk of being accused of being part of the publishing ‘old guard’ (which I’m not!) So good stuff, and keep on and on with it.
All best, Becky
Thank you so much – you’re definitely not part of the “old guard”!!
Thank you, Becky — you too, please keep on and on likewise!
Rohan