Martin Belk

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    • PRETTY BROKEN PUNKS: lipstick, leather jeans, a death of New York
    • SCOTS WHO ENLIGHTENED THE WORLD
    • 100 BEARDS 100 DAYS
  • • ARTICLES
    • GQ + Gap interview & campaign
    • Port Magazine • ICONIC NEW YORK
    • City AM Tribute to Iain Banks
    • Scottish Review of Books
      ‘A BALLAD OF READING IN GAOL’
    • Prague Writers’ Festival
      SILENCE = DEATH
  • • PROJECTS
    • BANKSOPHILIA
      Farewell website done with & for the late Iain Banks
    • Polmont Young Offender’s Prison Writing Programme
    • flashback ’96: Live @nd InConcert – the first NYC music webcast starring Debbie Harry from Squeezebox! & Don Hill’s
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Welcome to my online polemic parlour. Living room. Thing.

December 5, 2013 by martinbelk

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: creative director, Martin Belk, monologuist, performer, provacateur, publisher, writer

Worth a Look: Mags abandon print – bad bottom line business, bad for culture.

December 5, 2013 by martinbelk

WORTH A LOOK: Salon via the NAA: ‘a print reader is worth $539 in advertising alone — an average online reader is worth $26’

Filed Under: Worth a Look: Tagged With: Business Strategy, Culture, Digital, Print, Publishing, Salon.com, Technology, Writers, Writing

Banksophilia.com: Farewell Project for a Good Friend.

November 3, 2013 by martinbelk

Iain Banks left the world too soon. Before he did, we were able to put up a web site that continues to gather your letters, many of which he was able to read.

Get the details, BBC interview clip and links here: martinbelk.com/banksophilia-iain-banks/

 

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Doing Time: Prison Writing with Young Offenders

December 4, 2012 by martinbelk

 

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I created, and since 2006 sponsor a creative writing programme in a young offender’s prison – one of the most rewarding projects I’ve ever done.

Get the Details, article links and information here: martinbelk.com/prison-writing

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Live @nd InConcert Starring Debbie Harry Jan ’96

December 3, 2012 by martinbelk

Squeezebox! Internet Show Martin Belk

In January 1996 I produced the first-ever NYC internet music event with Michael Schmidt  at Squeezebox! – starring Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Psychotica and Pat Briggs, the Lunachicks & more…

Get all the details: martinbelk.com/flashback-96/

Filed Under: Archives Tagged With: 1996, Blondie, Broadcast, Debbie Harry, DNR, Joan Jett, Lunachicks, New York City, NYC, Pat Briggs, Psychotica, Squeezebox!

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