https://galleybeggar.co.uk/store/books/author/megan-dunn Megan Dunn studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, graduating in 2006. She won an Escalator award from the New Writing Partnership (now The Writers’ Centre Norwich) and her short story The Mermaid and the Music Box was included in Roads Ahead, a 2009 anthology of new writers published by Tindal St Press. She lives in New Zealand where she is well known as a visual arts reviewer.   en https://galleybeggar.co.uk/store/books/tinderbox-exclusive-limited-edition <div class="commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-product-image field-field-product-image node-387-product-field-product-image"><div class="field field-name-field-product-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="https://galleybeggar.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/jackets/Megan-Dunn--Tinderbox-Cream.png" width="390" height="544" alt="" /></div></div></div></div><div class="commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-commerce-price field-commerce-price node-387-product-commerce-price"><div class="field field-name-commerce-price field-type-commerce-price field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Price:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">£12.00</div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-product field-type-commerce-product-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><form class="commerce-add-to-cart commerce-cart-add-to-cart-form-188" action="/taxonomy/term/132/feed" method="post" id="commerce-cart-add-to-cart-form-188" accept-charset="UTF-8"><div><input type="hidden" name="product_id" value="188" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-FarkIBTWYSNMmYqAhAdjemOgOtReFH3-7hYFMX-zZak" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="commerce_cart_add_to_cart_form_188" /> <div id="edit-line-item-fields" class="form-wrapper"></div><input type="submit" id="edit-submit" name="op" value="Add to cart" class="form-submit" /></div></form></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-product-description field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><strong>This limited edition non-fiction book with a lovely cream cover is out in November - but available to pre-order right now!</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>Megan Dunn was in a hole. Her attempt to write a fictional tribute to Fahrenheit 451 wasn't going well. Borders, the bookseller she worked, for was going bust. Her marriage was failing. Her prospects were narrowing. The world wasn’t quite against her – but it wasn’t exactly helping either. </div> <div> </div> <div>Riffing on Ray Bradbury's classic novel about the end of reading, Tinderbox is one of the most interesting books in decades about literary culture and its place in the world. More than that, it's about how every one of us fits into that bigger picture – and the struggle to make sense of life in the twenty-first century.</div> <div> </div> <div>Ironically enough for a book about failures in art, Tinderbox itself is a fantastic achievement; a wonderfully crafted and beautifully written work of non-fiction that is by turns brilliantly funny and achingly sad. … It will help ensure that you will never ever again be rude to anyone working in retail.</div> <div> </div> <div>Tinderbox is one of the most successful books about failure you will ever read. </div> <div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-product-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/store/books/author/megan-dunn">Megan Dunn</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-product-pages field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Pages:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date-published field-type-datetime field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Published:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">November 2017</span></div></div></div> Tue, 09 May 2017 09:29:01 +0000 jordison 387 at https://galleybeggar.co.uk https://galleybeggar.co.uk/store/books/tinderbox-exclusive-limited-edition#comments https://galleybeggar.co.uk/store/books/tinderbox <div class="commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-product-image field-field-product-image node-386-product-field-product-image"><div class="field field-name-field-product-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="https://galleybeggar.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/jackets/Megan-Dunn--Tinderbox.jpg" width="390" height="544" alt="" /></div></div></div></div><div class="commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-commerce-price field-commerce-price node-386-product-commerce-price"><div class="field field-name-commerce-price field-type-commerce-price field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Price:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">£9.99</div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-product field-type-commerce-product-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><form class="commerce-add-to-cart commerce-cart-add-to-cart-form-187" action="/taxonomy/term/132/feed" method="post" id="commerce-cart-add-to-cart-form-187" accept-charset="UTF-8"><div><input type="hidden" name="product_id" value="187" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-jwiATNlhr-0XmK63UmJTTO6pmKHNLL2hSVcCOl3CB-Y" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="commerce_cart_add_to_cart_form_187" /> <div id="edit-line-item-fields--2" class="form-wrapper"></div><input type="submit" id="edit-submit--2" name="op" value="Add to cart" class="form-submit" /></div></form></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-product-description field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><strong>This book is out in November - but available to pre-order right now!</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>Megan Dunn was in a hole. Her attempt to write a fictional tribute to Fahrenheit 451 wasn't going well. Borders, the bookseller she worked, for was going bust. Her marriage was failing. Her prospects were narrowing. The world wasn’t quite against her – but it wasn’t exactly helping either. </div> <div> </div> <div>Riffing on Ray Bradbury's classic novel about the end of reading, Tinderbox is one of the most interesting books in decades about literary culture and its place in the world. More than that, it's about how every one of us fits into that bigger picture – and the struggle to make sense of life in the twenty-first century.</div> <div> </div> <div>Ironically enough for a book about failures in art, Tinderbox itself is a fantastic achievement; a wonderfully crafted and beautifully written work of non-fiction that is by turns brilliantly funny and achingly sad. … It will help ensure that you will never ever again be rude to anyone working in retail.</div> <div> </div> <div>Tinderbox is one of the most successful books about failure you will ever read. </div> <div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-product-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/store/books/author/megan-dunn">Megan Dunn</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-product-pages field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Pages:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">150</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date-published field-type-datetime field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Published:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">November 2017</span></div></div></div> Mon, 08 May 2017 18:26:34 +0000 jordison 386 at https://galleybeggar.co.uk https://galleybeggar.co.uk/store/books/tinderbox#comments