At the end of last month I shared my last three reads on social media, but I wanted to write a bit more about them. So here are some micro reviews: ‘The House on the Moon’ by Georgina Bruce In many ways, this book is quintessential Bruce. As befits the style of each story, the […]
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As with my writing, and art, my reading is fairly eclectic so below you’ll find eight books of various genres from among the two dozen I read last year. These eight books really did something to me – they made me think in different ways, or cry with happiness, or unsettle me with just how
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Last month saw the publication of my water-themed dark fantasy micro collection, Waterlore, by the ever-excellent Black Shuck Books. As Steve Shaw, the publisher, tends to publish these nifty collections in pairs, Waterlore was paired with The End by Kayleigh Dobbs, which was lucky for me because I got to read The End early and
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It struck me the other day that my November this year will be “bookended” by two book launches, and as this isn’t exactly an everyday occurrence, I thought it worth writing about. The first event was the launch of my debut short story collection Umbilical at Five Leaves Bookshop in my home town of Nottingham,
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A part of me thinks it would be a good idea to record what I read during the year. Another part of me, the part that always rebels against any kind of straitjacketing, says NO! In the end, though, a lack of time settles the argument and so there is no comprehensive record of what
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Since this is the one year anniversary of when I announced that I’d be closing down my small press, Mother’s Milk Books, I thought it worth reflecting on what my life’s been like since then. (Although, being a pedant, I have to say that much of the year was spent on the admin involved in
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It’s a month and a bit since my debut pamphlet, Russian Doll, was published – a good time then, to stop and consider what it’s been like to have this particular collection of poems out in the world. It’s been good. And as someone who chooses words very carefully, ‘good’ really is the right word
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