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”
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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”
That’s a wrap
Happy Halloween! I succesfully survived October – I did lots of things this month. Showed two films, helped organise Bristol HorrorCon at which I interviewed Kim Newman and organised several panels including the hilarious Celebrity Dead Author Match (if I say so myself – but then the panelists supplied the hilarity) . helped organise BristolContinue reading “That’s a wrap”
Bristol Festival of Literature Flash Slam
So North Bristol Writers came second. The Flash Slam involves teams of 4 writers and whoever gets the most points goes into the final. The final is a bit of a double edged sword as it means having to come up with a story on the spot. Here’s the one I read out. We wereContinue reading “Bristol Festival of Literature Flash Slam”
October
As some of you know October is my busiest month, Lit wise, as I help organise Bristol HorrorCon, Bristol Festival of Literature and BristolCon. I’ll also be taking a break in November so if it goes quiet here it’s just because of this. In the background I’m still editing Seven Deadly Swords as well asContinue reading “October”
Appointment in Arezzo – Review
Appointment in Arezzo by Alan Taylor “This book is an intimate, fond and funny memoir of one of the greatest novelists of the last century.” Alan Taylor has written a very personal and compelling biography of his friend, the novelist, Muriel Spark. Spark wrote 22 novels which will be coming out from Polygon next year inContinue reading “Appointment in Arezzo – Review”
2084 Review
Unsung Stories ran a wildly successful Kickstarter earlier this year to create an anthology of stories inspired by Orwell’s 1984. I got a sneak preview of the book before receiving my own copy and it’s a delight. From the Kickstarter (follow the link above there’s a bunch of author interviews there that are worth seeing & moreContinue reading “2084 Review”
FantasyCon
I shall be at FantasyCon again this year and on some programming: On Friday I shall be doing a reading at 8pm alongside Jan Edwards and Chris Donaldson On Saturday I’ll be on wo panels (there’s a possibility I’ll be on a panel on Sunday too – the list isn’t quite finalised) Saturday 4pm PanelContinue reading “FantasyCon”
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