Fiction & Persuasion
M.J. HinesA test lab for writing - & sometimes thinking - bridging the gap between fiction, communications, and culture. Come for the self-humiliation, stay for the accidental insight.
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Translating the Untranslatable
I was recently invited by a friend to take part in a glorious creative failure: interpreting a word from my second language that’s almost impossible to translate even for native speakers.
The word Saudade - pronounced sow-DAH-jee by Braz...
Descobrindo A Saudade
Se você é brasileiro ou português, eu não preciso lhe explicar o conceito de Saudade.
Mas, se você quiser investigar um dos termos mais complexos e bonitos da língua portuguesa, você precisa ler O Dicionário Popular Da Saudade - um projeto...
The Little Rooms Where It Happens
All artwork for Fiction and Persuasion by Alexander Naughton
Over the last year, I’ve been visiting shitholes to see people laugh at my wife
I’ve been touring the comedy clubs and pubs of London as something between a cheerleader, payin...
The Best Things I've Read in 2026 So Far
Vintage poster promoting National Library Week courtesy of Lit Hub
The summer break is almost here and I’m preparing to slide into the leisure and lassitude of a long holiday fuelled by a lot of books and booze. If you’re engaged in the vi...
The UK Needs A New Creative Director
Featured artwork is Festival of Brexit by Richard Littler
In fashion, everything changes the moment one house changes creative directors. Someone gets poached, a game of musical chairs ensues, and the result is a sort of creative reset of...
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Prize-winning short story writer, author of a novel about artificial consciousness, and creative strategist. “Specialisation is for insects”.
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