tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post3738949340141104037..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Worlds Literature Festival 2015: 5 Putting the octopus back in the suitcaseGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-76615909941478220472015-06-26T11:00:57.193+01:002015-06-26T11:00:57.193+01:00Dear George
We have a good Turkish friend called ...Dear George<br /><br />We have a good Turkish friend called Elif. I have long intended to read Elif Shafak but have not yet got around to it. Re publishers, Jeff Bezos, the boss of Amazon, thinks that most publishers are the authors of their own misfortune because they are motivated far more by snobbery than commercial nous. I am strongly inclined to agree with him possibly because my own experiences with British poetry publishers have largely been horrendous.<br /><br />Best wishes from Simon R. Gladdish<br /><br />Poetry Pleases!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16686247991180317838noreply@blogger.com