Martin Shaw
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Literary agent @ShawLiterary. Formerly head book buyer @readingsbooks. Kafka, Sebald, the Antipodes.
Leipzig, Germany
Joined October 2010
Stock update for u on this: more copies coming @readingsbooks, with international shipping too (- ignore that it currently says "unavailable"), otherwise @FullersHobart, @Gleebooks, Avid Reader, Bookroom Collective & @paperback_books!
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, you can’t have too much of a good thing (this is a good thing).
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RT @wastemailing: As a matter of cursory interest, in my discussion with him today, Michael Lentz referred to this as the greatest German l…
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RT @BikoKonstantin1: Here's to the Australian housing bubble🏡🫧 A glittering monument to our collective delusion, where we’ve somehow convi…
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@Mondyboy @IainSmithNZ OK. I see Readings is out too - I’ll find out what’s going on. His insta handle (Savagemotif) lists all the stockists around the country incidentally…
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RT @IainSmithNZ: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, you can’t have too much of a good thing (this is a good thing).
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RT @saintsoftness: If you stock small and indie press books they’ll sell! Truly! Just put them on your shelves!
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@peterdannauthor he is without a shadow of doubt immensely visceral! The violence is largely achieved by suggestion though I feel...though watch out for the magpie early on! cc: @DepartureJay @ReubenMackey_
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@peterdannauthor although I don't think the book is for the particularly fainthearted, rest assured this is very much a tongue-in-cheek trigger warning, Peter! A private joke actually on the author's part (that I shouldn't explain)
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The @asauthors launches new rates of pay for literary award judging: Flat fee ex. GST Number of books to judge $2,250 – $3,250 50 – 99 $3,250 – $4,250 100 – 149 $4,250 + 150+
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RT @ZIssenberg: What an insane little novel to end the year! Hang Him When He Is Not There by Nicholas John Turner is a kaleidoscopic delig…
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Such a great spot…would go there in a second…
I wonder what it's like today in glorious Kaikoura, and the magic coastline north and south of the township. Photo from last year on a blue sky day.
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