In het tweede nummer van de Engelse Fifth Wave, dat gevuld is met een keuze uit de Russische edities twee, drie en vier, staan bijdragen van: Joeri Smirnov, Andrej Golysjev, Sergej Gandlevsky, Otto Boele, Jevgenia Berkovitsj, Ilja Jasjin, Andrej Bogen, Andrej Kordotsjkin e.a.

Studenten Nederlands die druk aan een paper werkten, scholieren in het middelbaar onderwijs die hun mondeling over de literatuurlijst voorbereidden, journalisten die in allerijl een portret over een schrijver moesten maken, docenten, uitgevers – allemaal hebben ze in het verleden hun toevlucht gezocht bij het Kritisch Literatuur Lexicon, de serie bruine banden met de rugtitel in helder geel die je in vrijwel iedere bibliotheek in Nederland kon vinden.

In die banden bevond zich een losbladig...

Write On!

Celebrating 10 Years of High Town Writers’ Workshop 2014-2024

An anthology of writing from Bridgnorth to enjoy all year long.

Like an almanac, these pages contain something new to discover month by month throughout the year as members of the High Town Writers’ Workshop share some of the stories and non-fiction, poetry and songs they have written over the past few years.

Encouraged by writing prompts, workshop exercises and local inspiration, it is remarkable how many different r...

Fifth Wave offers a platform for the free and independent Russian voice. All contributions are by literary authors from Russia and abroad who are united in their rejection of war and totalitarianism.

Vasily Antipov

Karine Arutyunova

Mihail Ayzenberg

Yuli Gugolev

Alexander Ilichevsky

Oleg Lekmanov

Boris Nikolsky

Maxim Osipov

Dmitry Vedenyapin

So often, as a writer, it can feel that those who don't "get it" (namely the proverbial Man) are trying to extract yet another pound of your flesh. To take one more piece of your true self away so that you might better conform to societal expectations. It is more and more of a challenge to sustain that version of yourself that makes you who you are: the artist. With The Opiate Vol. 24, we hope to remind writers that they are not alone in that struggle to preserve what little integrity is lef...