TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Edwin Jay Sparkes, author of What in the World?: Brief Observations of the Human Condition
Come and meet Edwin Jay Sparkes, author of What in the World?
Come and meet Edwin Jay Sparkes, author of What in the World?
Come and meet J.C. Zielinska, author of How To Make Your Life Amazing
Come and meet Chris Bennett, author of Windslash – The Last Elemental
A chat with L. J. Robson, author of The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
a conversation with Claire Moore, author of It’s OK To Wobble
an interesting history book that bizarrely panders to the sensibilities of people who will never read it
a conversation with Steve McLean, author of Stealing Deep Purple
a conversation with Steve McLean, author of Stealing Deep Purple
come and meet Sheila Muckle, author of Roses and Redemption
so you’ve got a great name???
bonus material with fictioneer and comedian Matt Nagin discussing what makes a good short story
an interview with Sam Ayertey, author of Transformation of a Village
some spectacular stuff from UK indie, Influx Press
a chat with Michael Twaits, performer, educator and author of The Art of Drag
Fictioneer & comedian Matt Nagin joins smh to chat writing, reading, AI, travel, and all sorts of other fun
a chat with Kris Hall/Barracuda Guarisco, writer of many books
a chat with Marina Vantara, author of Mission Homo Liberatus: The Beginning
a rallying hypocritical cry or is Notes To John an unethical publication in this form only???
a chat with Tim Whitehouse, author of The Tender Wall
a conversation with Harry Legge, author of Friend or Suspect
a conversation with Barbara Adair, author of In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw
a chat with Rebecca Gransden, author of Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group
a chat with Duncan Heenan, author of Lead Us Not
probably the greatest book of flash fiction ever published
sadness, cruelty, oppression, magical realism, and a writer in their mid-80s putting out possibly the best depiction of the millennial experience to date
a fine novel that didn’t blow my mind like samuel delany usually do
a chat with Louise McLaughlin, author of Discovery
closer to the text, the faults fall away – a four part review continues
I WOULD HAVE SOLD MY DIRTY SOUL TO WRITE THIS BOOK: a four-post special series begins
a chat with Jessica Aike, author of This Thing in My Head
an intriguing prose and poetry collection that is deceptively simple or simply deceptive
George Carter, author of Beyond Boundaries, answers some questions
a chat with Jai Knight, author of Provincial Squinting at the Mercury Orgy
Matt Nagin answers some questions in ten words or fewer
it’s not Baldwin at his best, but at its best, it’s still brilliant
an awful book anyone should be ashamed to have read
there’s a reason Woolf didn’t collate this story collection in her own lifetime…
five early novellas (in one book) from Nobel winner Doris Lessing
another doris lessing quintet concludes
Can Burgess turn this tough novel into a frothy paperback? No.
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