In the Shadow of the Phosphorus Dawn by Rob True
some spectacular stuff from UK indie, Influx Press
Tag: independent publishing
Julian by Fleur Pierets
a deeply moving portrait of grief slowly becomes a cold exercise in self-aggrandisement
Getting By In Tligolian by Roppotucha Greenberg
excellent non-realist novella about public transport time travel
In The End, It Was All About Love by Musa Okwongo
it’s good flaneur-type stuff so it’s a yes yes yes from me but it did make me think
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
flipping your fins you don’t get too far
Jarett Kobek & the Zodiac Killer (Motor Spirit & The Hunt for Zodiac)
two new books from Jarett Kobek about CRIME CRIME CRIME
Tired by Joe Bielecki
dreamlike, dystopian, prose-poetry adjacent fiction
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark (Influx Press, 2020)
a week off work begins with a great contemporary novel
The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai
a super engaging contemporary sci-fi novel that sacrifices characterisation for an excess of plot
Surrender by Joanna Pocock
big post on privilege, re-wilding, ageing; a phenomenal read
This Is Where I Get Off by KIRBY
great poetry, i whinge about lockdown innit
Tender Omnibus
exceptional omnibus from NY publisher Tender Buttons
Queen Mob’s Teahouse: Teh Book edited by Russell Bennetts
some inevitably biased hagiography
Tell Them Of Battles, Kings and Elephants by Mathias Enard
high grade historical fiction and the blogger hits some snags
Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc Nash
three split narratives, one of which confused me…
Takeaway by Tommy Hazard
the London Ambulance service gets the Morbid Books treatment
#TotNTV: Gary Budden, Writer & Publisher
Budden on Budden
#TotNTV: Susan Curtis-Kojakovic & Publishing The Balkans
I chat to Susan Curtis-Kojakovic, the women behind Istros Books, an independent publisher specialising in works from the Balkans.
Safe Mode by Sam Riviere
familiarity breeds affection
Notes From No Man’s Land by Eula Biss
great essay collection… from america
The Africa In My House by Andrea Mbarushimana
A British woman considers the life of her Rwandan husband and his country.
Attrib. and other stories by Eley Williams
drowning in sobriety like I used to drown in booze; even sublime prose can’t hoist me happy
Suicide Notes by Lewis Parker
Another book of poetry from up-and-coming indie publisher Morbid Books.
100 Haikus about Haemorrhoid Cream by Lewis Parker & Friends
I met a stranger off the internet and he gave it to me.
Triumph Of The Now 