Jacob Polley

Jacob Polley

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Jacob Polley was born in Carlisle in 1975. He is the author of two poetry collections, both published by Picador. This is his first novel. 

Wednesday 14th Jul 2010: Jacob Polley on William Maxwell

Jacob Polley, winner of the Somerset Maugham award, has written a piece for Creative Review...

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Desmond Elliott shortlist

Posted By anonymous on Tuesday 25th May 2010
 

Talk of the Town by Jacob Polley has been shortlisted for this year's Desmond Elliott Prize.

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Reading from Talk of the Town

Posted By Jacob Polley on Thursday 22nd Apr 2010
 

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Rhyme schemes and time schemes

Posted By Jacob Polley on Monday 8th Jun 2009
 

Here's what I reckon you need to write a novel: decisiveness. I'm not used to exercising this particular quality when I'm writing a poem. A poem is a way of revealing, and it will reveal nothing if, in its writing, it isn't allowed to go somewhere unexpected, the directions to which are not mapped out in advance. I began to write my first novel, Talk Of The Town, in this same spirit of suspended decisiveness.

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