Blurring the lines between fiction and biography: writing about ghosts

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Gibb, L. 2015. Blurring the lines between fiction and biography: writing about ghosts. Popular Culture review. 26 (2), pp. 14-18. https://doi.org/10.18278/pcr.26.2.2
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TitleBlurring the lines between fiction and biography: writing about ghosts
AuthorsGibb, L.
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A consideration of how a creative project of one kind (non fiction)developed into another (a novel). The paper presents a consideration of the overlap between the forms as well as common practoice.

PublisherFar West Popular Culture Association
JournalPopular Culture review
ISSN1060-8125
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Print2015
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Deposited14 Mar 2016
Accepted01 Mar 2015
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