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Essays and long-form pieces, for anthologies, catalogues and magazines.

I take a small number of commissions a year, usually long ones about a specific place. Lead times are long — six months is normal, and anything under three is unlikely to get a yes.

Who it is for — Essays and long-form pieces, for anthologies, catalogues and magazines.

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Three novels about places people stay in, and two hundred essays about looking at one thing closely. Written in longhand, mostly before eight in the morning.

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The essays are free and there are two hundred of them. If you would rather have the books, they are all in print and available from any bookshop that will order them.

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