Graham Bendel is a British writer and filmmaker. He has written for '' The Big Issue'', ''

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'', '' Hotdog'' and ''

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''. In 2005, he directed the documentary ''

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'', which was nominated for a British Independent Film Award and has been shown in Oslo, Montreal, Croatia, London and New York. He is the editor of two volumes of ''Poems For The Retired Nihilist'', published by Fortune Teller Press. It was featured on "the must list" of ''

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'' on 2 September 2005. His debut novel is called ''A Nasty Piece Of Work'', published by Fortune Teller Press. ''A Nasty Piece Of Work'' - "a quirky and highly original psychological thriller" - was published in a small initial quantity, featuring the artwork of writer Clive Barker. Bendel has been described by Dazed and Confused as both "multi-talented" & a "creative crackerjack" and has recently completed a well-received documentary on Martin Newell &

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, which has so far played to several packed audiences in London, New York & Colchester. Bendel describes this film as the Third in his Lo-Fi trilogy of "rugged individuals". Previous to this, Bendel made an independent documentary about Vic Godard and Subway Sect called Derailed Sense (featuring appearances from

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and Irvine Welsh). His second novel, published by Fortune Teller Press in 2015, is called ''Dress Rehearsal Brags: An A-Z of Unpopular Culture''. It is an encyclopedic examination of an everyman's life, traversing the 80s and 90s and including many instances of 'alternative culture'. The book has been reviewed b
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Bendel's current novel, published in 2021, is called ''The Comforter & other Rose-Tinted Struggles''. This is also published by Fortune Teller Press.

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