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Sam
North is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing & Course Leader
for the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Portsmouth -
now in its fifth successful year. *Two MA students sold their novels
this year 2009.
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Borderlines
Vol 2
A
Literary Spark -
A University of Portsmouth publication from the School of Creative
Arts, Film and Media
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Looking
for the other writer Sam North who lives in Devon?
link
here
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SAM
NORTH - The
Novels and Words
'An engaging, unusual and completely engrossing
read' - Beverly Birch author of 'Rift'
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Mean
Tide by Sam North
'Extraordinary novel about a child's psychic awakening'
ISBN: 978-1-4092-0354-4
Kids can survive anything, they say. Oliver,
aged twelve, has a missing father in Africa, his mother has had
a breakdown, and he is recovering from chemo. He is sent to live
with his only relative. On a foggy day, one bald boy, with his
cat, Flop, arrives at his Grandma's house at the water's edge
in Greenwich. Oliver discovers to his horror that his Grandma,
a famous psychic, hates cats. Her housekeeper, Lena loathes kids,
and silent Justine seems to hate everyone. Add crazy Harriet,
who has seen every fortune teller in London; Aura, a mysterious,
aspiring beautiful actress and Bullet, the homeless kid with a
very mean streak, trouble can't be far behind. When Oliver and
Justine find a beautiful dog with it's throat cut washed up on
the riverbank, Oliver feels a strange connection to this dead
animal and so begins his own induction into a psychic world.
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ANOTHER PLACE TO DIE
The
Great Flu Pandemic is coming. No one can stop it, swine flu is just
the beginning. Everything your Government said would protect you
is a lie. Order
this now
Review: 'Beautiful, plausible, and sickeningly addictive, Another
Place to Die will terrify you, thrill you, and make you petrified
of anyone who comes near you...'.
Roxy Williams - Amazon.co.uk |
DIAMONDS
- THE RUSH of '72
by Sam North
The amazing true story of the Great Diamond Rush of 1872
Diamonds
took me right inside the people and their dreams. The book moves
smoothly and segues seamlessly from one character's point-of-view
to another's. Just when you think you know what's going to happen
next, there's another surprise. This book is a marvel'. - Johnny
Frem
Bolts of Fiction - Vancouver |

THE
CURSE OF THE NIBELUNG
A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Holmes & Watson in Germany 1939 discover the most devasting
secret of WW11
With an irresistible, high-quality Goon-like zaniness, this
dynamically-paced thriller follows its own larger than life logic.
Not to be missed. Sunday
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Venice:
I
am not sure whether you go to Venice for the history, the romance,
the idea you can go everywhere by water or you just want to see
it before it crumbles but we all have reasons to go there and
go there one must.
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July
2009:
Been very lucky this year to sign a two book deal with Hodderschildren
Books. The first will come out in Jan 2011. More details in 2010.
Many thanks to the editor Beverly Birch for all her help on this.
I am speaking on writing at the Winchester Writers Conference
on July 4th and then about The Curse of the Nibelung on
September 25th at the Havant Writers Festival.
In
between will be writing book three in France in Bayonne
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The Irony of
The Road Movie is that the weak leave, but only the strong survive
From the earliest days of American cinema,
the road movie has been synonymous with American culture and the
image of America to the world. By my definition, the road movie
is a vehicle for either one or a small group of individuals who
seek to escape the world they are living in and set out towards
redemption on the road. |

Since 1999 Sam has been running the on-line
magazine Hackwriters.com
a site for international writers in all subject areas. It continues
as a place for new and 'experienced' writers to showcase their
work. As of writing there are 4650 articles posted on site.
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