Author: nvanarkel
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WB Column: Accents
Read more: WB Column: AccentsAwrite! Hou’s aw wi ye? Can A gie ye a haund? It’s quite remarkable that when you study English you get taught about grammar, literature, philosophy even, but nothing about pronunciation. We do have phonology, but that is mostly theoretical and only in Received Pronunciation. We learn how to pronounce sounds and phonemes, but don’t…
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We’re only human / Column Block
Read more: We’re only human / Column BlockWe as editors of Writer’s Block have decided to start a new series of columns, of which this is the first. Our aim with this is to write about the things that us editors encounter whilst being a part of the Writer’s Block editorial board. Having read so many work sent in by you, it’s…
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How we work at Writer’s Block
Read more: How we work at Writer’s BlockAs published in Writer’s Block #20, Februari 2014 Dear readers, You might wonder what we, the editors of Writer’s Block, actually do when you hear silence in our office and when we keep telling you we are lost in a cacophony of sound, craving caffeine and sleeping too little. This is why we want…
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Send in your work for #19!
Read more: Send in your work for #19!We are looking for new work for our #19! The submission deadline is soon, so don’t hesitate and send us your poetry, columns, stories and more! You can submit your work until the 26th of September and we hope to read all your wonderful things. We have a max of 1200 words for short stories…
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Winners of the Competitions
Read more: Winners of the CompetitionsNow the summer has started for real, Writer’s Block would once more like to put the winners of our three competitions in the spotlights. Once again, congratulations! Poetry After many meetings and careful deliberation we decided, together with the two jury members (Dr Jane Lewty and Dr Rudolph Glitz), that the poetry prize should go to…
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