An Interview with Keith Martin-Smith: Author of Only Everything
Only Everything is Keith’s fourth book and first novel. A collection of short stories, ‘The Mysterious Divination of Tea Leaves’, was published in 2009, followed in 2012 by the award-winning memoir A Heart Blown Open and its follow-up, The Heart of Zen. He is also a professional book coach.
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Only Everything is a reflection on the costs and promises of following your dreams, and what it means to live a life on your own terms. It also explores the sometimes terrible costs of doing this, through the lives of a number of artists who […]
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