Literary Artists
Through poetry, prose, and the printed word, literary artists explore the human condition.
New novel by Melanie Kerr
Canadian-based writer and Dazzling Spark founding board member Melanie Kerr is pleased to be launching her new novel, Follies Past, this month. This wonderful story is written as a prequel to Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice. The book begins almost a year before the opening of Pride and Prejudice. Readers will find the familiar cast of characters, portrayed as they might have been before they ever came to Netherfield, along with new characters, in a delightful exploration and updating of the original milieu. With a comparable attention to...
Trafika Europe: new flagship literary programme
Dazzling Spark is pleased to announce Trafika Europe, our flagship literary programme to showcase new fiction and poetry from across Europe in fresh English translation. It is the successor to Trafika, a print quarterly published out of Prague and New York, which published new literature from around the world in English. In seven issues, Trafika published the work of over 120 authors writing in over 30 languages, and hosted cross-border events to explore the relation between neighbouring cultures. Trafika specialised in work from emerging writers who were not yet well-known in English....
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