Should Literary Fiction and Poetry be Protected? DAN HOLLOWAY & ROHAN QUINE

April 17, 2015

Dan Holloway and Rohan Quine think it should be and are here to tell you why.

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Author: Orna Ross

Orna Ross is a bestselling and award-winning author of historical fiction and inspirational poetry, and a creativity facilitator. As founder-director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, she has been named one of The Bookseller’s Top 100 people in publishing.

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Why Support Literary Writing? | Self-Publishing Advice Center says:
January 9, 2017 at 8:18 PM
[…] 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. […]
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Rebecca Swift says:
April 29, 2015 at 12:19 PM
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
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1. Dan Holloway says:
  April 29, 2015 at 9:41 PM
  Thank you so much – you’re definitely not part of the “old guard”!!
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2. Rohan Quine says:
  April 29, 2015 at 9:54 PM
  Thank you, Becky — you too, please keep on and on likewise!
  Rohan
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