Published by Titan on 20th February. Ever since I heard Gareth reading from this book I’ve been waiting for it to come out. I was very lucky to receive an ARC from Titan before publication. He’s given himself a difficult task here – a multi 1st person POV (at least 6 narrative voices), including theContinue reading “Embers of War – Review”
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What’s happening
One month into 2018 and already time seems to be flying past. I’ve been working on Seven Deadly Swords – responding to the latest edit, and that’s coming along. I’ve also been writing the first draft of Certainty of Dust and writing a few short stories – some speculatively, some in response to requests. IContinue reading “What’s happening”
Review Memento Mori
As discussed in other blog posts Birlinn are releasing all of Muriel Sparks’s novels this year on the hundreth anniversary of her birth and they sent me the first 4 for review, as well as Appointment in Arezzo, a new biography. Next up for review is Memento Mori Described by David Lodge as ‘her firstContinue reading “Review Memento Mori”
Book Review – Robinson by Muriel Spark
Book Two of the Year of Muriel Spark. I was sent 4 Muriel Spark books by Berlinn as part of a Year of Muriel Spark. I actually read this last year but have only just got round to reviewing it. Bound for the Azores, a plane crashes onto an isolated island somewhere in the NorthContinue reading “Book Review – Robinson by Muriel Spark”
Booklanche!
If you’ve followed along you’ll have seen that I read 200 odd books last year and hardly dented the TBR (To Be Read mountain). This is because I am a bookaholic. I see a book I’d like to read one day and my palms start sweating and I must have it – even though IContinue reading “Booklanche!”
2018 – Book One: The Hotwells Horror & Other Stories
David J Rodger was a Bristol based author that I did my first BristolCon Fringe with. When he sadly passed away we were planning an anthology of mine, his and Thomas David Parker’s work. When he died I mooted the idea at his funeral that myself and Tom should carry on and do a book inContinue reading “2018 – Book One: The Hotwells Horror & Other Stories”
End of year round up -Reading
I’ve done so little writing this year (but a lot of editing) that I find that I’ve caught up slightly on my reading. In 2016 for comparison I read 90 books in total – 9 were rated Brilliant, 9 were unfinished (I always read at least 50 pages before deciding to ditch a book) 15Continue reading “End of year round up -Reading”
Discoverability Challenge
This year, again, thanks to Jo Hall, I committed to increasing discoverability by reading one women author, new to me, per month. For maximum effectiveness I decided to restrict it to living authors. So how did I do? I managed (heh, like it should be difficult or something) to read a book a month butContinue reading “Discoverability Challenge”
The Comforters – A Review
As per my last blog post I was sent 4 Muriel Spark books by Berlinn as part of a Year of Muriel Spark. The Comforters is the first I’ve read. Caroline Rose is plagued by the tapping of typewriter keys and the strange, detached narration of her every thought and action. She has an unusualContinue reading “The Comforters – A Review”
A year of Muriel Spark
Back in October I reviewed ‘Appointment in Arezzo’for Polygon’s Berlinn imprint. They must have liked the review because they have sent me the first 4 of Spark’s books which they are reprinting as part of the centenary celebrations of her birth. Let me tell you – these are gorgeous editions and I feel a blogContinue reading “A year of Muriel Spark”
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