Rachel Edwards, http://paigelovesbooks.blogspot.com/ https://twitter.com/paigelovesbooks www.edgeradio.org.au
Transportation is an exciting new literary project that will showcase and promote work by writers based in London and Tasmania.
From the time of convict transportation to the present, London and Tasmania have established rich historical links, and despite their geographical distance there has always been a sense of cross-cultural exchange.
This can be traced right back to the 1820s, when East End convict and supposedly the inspiration for Dickens’ Fagin, Ikey Solomon, was transported to Tasmania.
The first Australian novel was written by Henry Savery, transported for forgery to Van Diemen’s Land:
( TT: http://oldtt.pixelkey.biz/index.php?/article/henry-savery/ )
Transportation will modernise and strengthen these ties by publishing a collection of short stories on the theme of Islands and cities.
Writers in London and Tasmania are invited to submit work to the project on the theme of ‘islands and cities’ and the selected work will be published in book form late in 2014.
The project ‘Transportation’ is already fostering a contemporary interchange between writers in Tasmania and London, with work from the London editor, Sean Preston, recently published on the Tasmanian literary magazine, Island’s website.
The Tasmanian editor, Rachel Edwards, former editor of Island and host of a weekly books and publishing show on Edge Radio says “Transportation is a wonderful opportunity for Tasmanian authors to appear in an international publication.
“Transportation is fostering real international connections and creating an international writing community between Tasmania and London. There’s nothing like it.”
London editor Sean Preston is the editor and creative director of Open Pen …
www.openpen.co.uk
… an innovative literary journal. He is also a production coordinator at record label, Ninja Tunes.
Transportation will launch a crowdfunding project in June.
Submissions will be accepted until June 18 and more information can be found here:
http://transportationbook.wordpress.com/submissions/
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