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The Union is please to announce the short list of nominees for the 29th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award.
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May. 28 2026

Stuart Ross

Vallum Chapbooks has just published Shooky Sessions 2: Franz Kafka, The Blue Octavo Notebooks, 12 May 2023, Parc Trenholme, by Jason Camlot and me. All the info is here. Further sections of this project will be released by other chapbook publishers.

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