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Midland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A devastating exploration of what binds families together, and what tears them apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFlint writes beautifully and in defiant contradiction of character \u2018journeys\u2019 and neat resolutions.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Daily Mail<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA superbly written book, reflecting an impressive understanding of people and their motives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Habitus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

52 Ways to Magic America<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Book of Ash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Listen to James Flint read his short story, Shoplifters of the World, on stage at the Port Eliot Festival, 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1998 Time Out magazine called James Flint’s<\/a> first book, \u00a0Habitus<\/a><\/strong>, “probably the best British fiction d\u00e9but of the last five years,” and when it was published in France it was judged one of the top five foreign novels of 2002. His second novel,\u00a0 52 Ways to Magic America<\/a><\/strong>, claimed the Amazon.co.uk award for the year 2000, and his third, \u00a0The Book of Ash<\/a><\/strong>, won an Arts Council Writers Award and was described by the Independent’s leading literary critic as “a bold British counterpart to DeLillo’s Underworld.”\u00a0

In 2001 he developed the interactive drama The Block <\/strong>\u00a0with the BBC’s FictionLab. In 2002 his short story The Nuclear Train<\/strong>\u00a0 was adapted for Channel 4 television; he has had a long involvement with the Port Eliot Festival<\/a> \u00a0(where he curated the film tent for several years); and his journalism has appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, Sight & Sound, Time Out, The Times, The Independent, Arena, The Economist, Dazed & Confused and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has served as Online Arts and Features editor of Telegraph.co.uk<\/a> \u00a0and General Manager of Telegraph TV, and from 2009 to 2012 he was Editor-in-Chief of the Telegraph Weekly World Edition<\/a>.\u00a0From 2012 to 2014 he was CEO of the online video marketing platform Videojuicer<\/a>, and in 2015 he co-founded the health communications start-up Hospify<\/a>. He currently runs the AI governance unit aiEthix<\/a> at the global data protection consultancy Securys<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His latest novel,\u00a0 Midland, was published in January 2019 by Unbound<\/a>. A profile was published on Welcome to the Jungle<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Flint’s talent and invention are unmistakeable; his writing vigorous and beautiful.”<\/p>The Times<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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