The International Writer's Magazine: Our Eleventh Year - August 2010- Welcome from Europe

Destinations: Travel stories & guides

Opinion: Politics & Issues

Lifestyles: Ways of living

Chilling in Chiloe Tim Robinson I was in Ancud on the island of Chiloe, the first sizable town encountered after crossing by ferry from mainland southern Chile. Five Easy Pizzas John M Edwards Ever since I saw Jack Nicholson in a film, Five Easy Pieces, where he goes ballistic in a diner because the waitress won’t make changes on their set sandwich orders, I’ve been a stickler on having my food done right. Going Walkabout in Iceland William Carne How do you react when a dream begins to materialize? When it leaves the comfort of the mind and becomes merciless reality? Me? I sleep like a baby. A Great Galloping Getaway Jane Cassie It’s been a few years since I’ve straddled a saddle. Do I still have enough core power to ride the range? Salt Shaker Museum Derek Workman The next time you knock over a salt cellar and throw a pinch of salt over your left shoulder to ward off bad luck, bear in mind that those few white grains would at one time have formed part of someone’s wages.

Victory for Liberty & Justice - James Campion + Readers Responses God bless America. It is the greatest nation on the planet, for its governed by the rule of law and not that of majority moral conviction, religious fervor or the whims of the elite or the blather of ignorance and fear. What do I have to do around here to get a drink? - Dean Borok My girlfriend, Magpie, is a very moralistic person. She is convinced that the individual can make a difference in constructing a more wholesome world. Unfortunately all her efforts at reform are centered upon me. Jonathan’s Pledge for N20 Billion Red Cross Appeal Fund Odimegwu Onwumere The extrajudicial killings in Nigeria is spreading gradually without any strong measure in place to abate the ugly trend

Forget International Justice: Africa should rebuild her own Ronald Elly Wanda   The beginning of June saw Uganda’s capital Kampala, play host to the first ever Review Conference of the Rome Statute, International Criminal Court(ICC). Over the Moon for Orange Cows: Easing the Plight of Vietnamese Farmers David Calleja A familiar children’s nursery rhyme is famous for telling the tale of a cow jumping over the moon. But what about the villagers who jumped over the moon when a herd of cows arrived? Phuket's Annual Ritual of Pain Jules Kay It may be known as one of Thailand's top tourist spots. A place to escape to the beach, drink cocktails and party the night away, but Phuket also has a more spiritual side. Desert Search Tom Coote As we clattered through the Kyzylkum desert in the battered shared taxi, the driver reached across and offered me some pills.When I asked him what they were, he shrugged.

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REVIEWS Film & Books

Dormant John Tompkins “I’m just pulling onto route 93 North,” said Stan. He was talking to his sister Heather, the twin, who was already at the spot. “Look I’m driving, I can’t talk right now.” Closure, The Modern Way M.J. Clews Another gun-metal morning scrapes itself over the break of day. The wilted trees, bare and vulnerable like rape victims, line the courtyard I gaze out towards. Bleak days

The Spy Who Stiffed Me Robert Latona I never could figure out why Greville Wynne hired me to ghost-write an account of his life and career as a spy -- of those parts the public hadn’t already heard about following his release from Moscow’s notorious Lubyanka prison in 1964, long before we met.

The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi Sam North review Brilliant insight into our terrifying future after a population crash. Stunning and vivid biogenetic noir. The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice by Stephen Deas Gollancz (19 Aug 2010) Clare Sager review Stephen Deas’ The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice is a difficult book to review: on the one hand, I finished and even enjoyed it, but on the other hand, it was a frustrating read at times.  The Savage Detectives by Robert Bolano Mathew Clews The question of the source of literary authenticity, a modern literary argument, is central to the work of Bolaño:  Does a writer have to have had lived through his experiences to write about them or should his imagination be entitled to free reign? Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon Mathews Clews Following in the hard-boiled tradition of Dashiel Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Pynchon has thrown his hat into the ring, quite naturally with a hazy, paranoid Pynchon twist, by writing this post-noir stoner detective romp set in the fictional Californian beach town of Gordita Beach. Recommended: The Forest of Hands & Teeth by Carrie Ryan - Terrific scary and beautifully written YA novel with zombies.

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