Tag Archives: novel

Cycling Back to the South Pacific

Posted on August 23, 2016 by jananson

One thing I always intended to blog about was my field research for Deep Time. I’ve done a post about the trip to Gabon, but not yet about the one to New Caledonia – and now I’m about to return … Continue reading →

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Review of Deep Time – by Adam Randall

Posted on November 25, 2015 by jananson

Reblogged from Trusty Water Blog Deep Time tells the story of an African expedition led by cryptzoologist Brendan Merlie who is hoping to find some evidence that certain extinct species might still be living deep in the jungle. You may … Continue reading →

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Speaking Stones

Posted on June 4, 2015 by jananson

At the opening of the current Fringe Arts Bath exhibition at 8/9 New Bond Street Place, Bath, I saw – and heard – Alun Ward’s new sound installation, Sea Hear. It sparked in my mind a set of associations about … Continue reading →

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Wine and Waterstones

Posted on May 26, 2015 by jananson

On Thursday – 21 May – I was in Waterstones, Bath, with Martin Large from Hawthorn Press and poet Helen Moore to promote Helen’s new collection, ECOZOA, and my novel, Deep Time. Chairing the readings and discussion was ecocritic Richard … Continue reading →

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Deep Time, Deep Love – by Kevan Manwaring

Posted on May 12, 2015 by jananson

Originally posted on The Bardic Academic:
Saturday 9th May: Deep Time launch, Stroud Saturday saw the culmination of a lifetime’s obsession – the publication of my friend Anthony Nanson’s first novel, Deep Time. This 300 thousand plus word magnum opus Nanson…

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Deep Time and Ecozoa Launch in Bath on 21 May

Posted on April 26, 2015 by jananson

Helen Moore and I will be at Waterstones Bath on Thursday 21 May to celebrate the publication of our new books: Helen’s acclaimed poetry collection, ECOZOA, and my novel of prehistory, Deep Time. There will be introductions by Richard Kerridge, … Continue reading →

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The Origin of ‘Deep Time’

Posted on April 1, 2015 by jananson

I first came across the phrase ‘deep time’ in a pair of books I copy-edited for the Geological Society in 1998. I realised at once that Deep Time had to be the title of the novel I’d recently started writing. … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Deep Time

Posted on February 23, 2015 by jananson

‘Deep time’ is geological time, the millions of years over which the Earth and its creatures have evolved. Deep Time is also the name of my epic novel of prehistory, to be published by Hawthorn Press on 9 May. The … Continue reading →