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There's A Tale To This City

There's A Tale To This City

A book to help you find real stories told by real people on the street.

2021

Jaidyn L Attard, et al.

Jaidyn L Attard, Jay Khan, et al.

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Let’s Make Writing Cool Again. New Literary Movement.

I’ve read a lot more dead writers than alive ones. It’s not because I’m a necrophiliac or think all modern writers are shit, hell, I’m a…

Nov 9, 2022

Let’s Make Writing Cool Again. New Literary Movement.

Nov 9, 2022

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The reality of quitting your job to become a Writer.

One year ago. I was one of them. A hopeless dreamer in Melbourne who believed he could be a star. I quit everything and focused every hour…

Sep 25, 2022

The reality of quitting your job to become a Writer.

Sep 25, 2022

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True Tales from a Rough Town

All of the characters in this portrait are real people. I lived in Caernarfon, North Wales, for six weeks, and this is my raw…

Sep 28

True Tales from a Rough Town

Sep 28

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Writing doesn’t have to be stale. Why do you write?

I met a young man in a park. He was too fresh in this world, unbeaten by life’s cruel-cruel-fists, attending a prestigious university. We…

Jul 7

Writing doesn’t have to be stale. Why do you write?

Jul 7

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Writer in Berlin. City of Angels and Monsters.

A city of monsters, stranger-than-fiction-stories, and artists.

Jul 6

Writer in Berlin. City of Angels and Monsters.

Jul 6

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MEETING TRADITIONAL PUBLISHERS

I came to London to give my manuscript to the biggest publisher around. I didn’t have an appointment. Nor any idea of how the publishing…

Jul 3

MEETING TRADITIONAL PUBLISHERS

Jul 3

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Journey of a writer in London

I remember the first time I came to London to post my letters. The panic attack in the underground. The thousand cameras watching my every…

Jun 17

Journey of a writer in London

Jun 17

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WRITING A PORTRAIT OF A CITY

Hi there, my name’s Jay. I’m a wanderer who travels through cities, hoping to translate its soul into ink. I hope these portraits can set…

Jan 25

WRITING A PORTRAIT OF A CITY

Jan 25

Jay the author

The Life of a Writer on Tour

It has been a while since I sat down at the computer and shotgunned my brain onto paper. For the past month, I’ve been on tour. Touring…

Dec 11, 2023

The Life of a Writer on Tour

Dec 11, 2023

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Poetry is for the caged. Blood Poetry.

I wrote this poem two years ago when I was living in London, working one of the most horrific jobs I have worked to date. When I felt…

Nov 2, 2023

Poetry is for the caged. Blood Poetry.

Nov 2, 2023

Jay the author

Jay the author

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Author of ‘There’s a Tale To This City’. This is a personal blog that allows me to share snippets of my life to invisible angels and demons.

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