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Where, and how, does nature writing intersect with architectural criticism? Urban exploration? Hauntology? Nationalism and fascism? This week, Tom Overton talks to writer and Influx Press co-founder Gary Budden about how his collection 'Hollow Shores' blends nature writing and weird fiction, his collaborations with filmmaker and fellow Influx author Adam Scovell and illustrator Maxim Peter Griffin, how writers as aesthetically and politically diverse as Derek Jarman and Henry Williamson have represented the English landscape, and more.SELECTED REFERENCESRobert Aickman – https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/burial-plots-robert-aickmans-eerily-ordinary-storiesDARRAN ANDERSON, Imaginary Cities (2015) – https://www.influxpress.com/imaginary-citiesGARY BUDDEN (ed.), Acquired for Development By … A Hackney Anthology (2012) – https://www.influxpress.com/acquired-for-development-byGARY BUDDEN, Hollow Shores (2017) – https://deadinkbooks.com/product/hollow-shores-paperbackGARY BUDDEN & MAXIM GRIFFIN, The White Heron Beneath the Reactor – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1194866830/make-100-the-white-heron-beneath-the-reactorKIT CALESS, Spoon’s Carpets: An Appreciation (2016) – https://wetherspoonscarpets.tumblr.com/aboutRamsey Campbell – http://www.ramseycampbell.comBRIAN DILLON, The Great Explosion (2015) – https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/03/the-great-explosion-brian-dillon-review-kent-disaster-gunpowder-warThe Garden (dir. Derek Jarman, 1990) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099634Greenteeth (dir. Adam Scovell, 2017) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypFbKpxzF1cNIALL GRIFFITHS, Grits (2000) – https://www.influxpress.com/blog/the-anti-canon-series-niall-griffithsNIALL GRIFFITHS, Kelly and Victor (2002) – https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/apr/27/fiction.reviewsJames Herbert – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_HerbertTim Jarvis – https://timothyjjarvis.wordpress.comTOM JEFFREYS, Signal Failure: London to Birmingham, HS2 on Foot (2017) – http://www.tom-jeffreys.co.uk/signal-failureJubilee (dir. Derek Jarman, 1977) – https://thequietus.com/articles/23978-derek-jarman-jubilee-review-anniversary-bfiThe Last of England (dir. Derek Jarman, 1987) – http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2014/11/in-profile-derek-jarmans-the-last-of-england-1988PAUL LEWIS & ROB EVANS, Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police (2013) – https://www.theguardian.com/uk/undercover-with-paul-lewis-and-rob-evansArthur Machen – http://www.arthurmachen.org.ukHERMAN MELVILLE, Moby-Dick (1851) - https://voices.clickhole.com/the-time-i-spent-on-a-commercial-whaling-ship-totally-c-1825124286D. A. NORTHWOOD, Judderman (2018) – http://www.newlexicons.com/blog/2017/11/21/da-northwood-the-eden-book-societySátántángo (dir. Béla Tarr, 1994) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111341ADAM SCOVELL, Mothlight (2019) – https://www.influxpress.com/mothlightW. G. SebaldRICHARD SMYTH, ‘The Dark Side of Nature Writing’ (2018) – https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5331/the-dark-side-of-nature-writingDavid Southwell (Hookland project) – https://hookland.wordpress.comWerckmeister Harmonies (dir. Béla Tarr, 2000) - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/apr/19/artsfeaturesELEY WILLIAMS, Attrib. (2017) – https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/01/attrib-and-other-stories-by-eley-williams-reviewHENRY WILLIAMSON, Tarka the Otter (1927) - https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/tarka-the-otter-as-an-allegory-of-war



