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4 unusual facts about Matt Thorne


Daren King

All Hail the New Puritans, a collection of stories edited by Nicholas Blincoe and Matt Thorne, published by Fourth Estate, ISBN 978-1-84115-349-0

Matt Thorne

:This article is about English novelist Matt Thorne, who is not to be confused with cultural anthropologist Matt Thorn, or Matt Thorne or Matt Thorr musician

New Puritans

The New Puritans was a literary movement ascribed to the contributors to a 2000 anthology of short stories entitled All Hail the New Puritans, edited by Nicholas Blincoe and Matt Thorne.

Scarlett Thomas

In 2002 she won Best New Writer in the Elle Style Awards, and also featured as an author in New Puritans, a project led by the novelists Matt Thorne and Nicholas Blincoe consisting of both a manifesto and an anthology of short stories.


Nicholas Blincoe

He was a founding member of the New Puritans literary movement and co-edited (with Matt Thorne) the anthology 'All Hail The New Puritans' (2000) which included contributions from Alex Garland, Toby Litt, Geoff Dyer, Daren King, Simon Lewis, and Scarlett Thomas.


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