The Touch Report by Katrina Palmer
a book about the normalised violence of the visual arts canon
Tag: uk
Common by Nikolai Duffy
contemporary intellectual mid-life crisis novel that focuses on the life of the head not the life of the heart
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
very enjoyable time travel thriller-romance combo
IAN ASSERSOHN: NOTES ON THE LAMPMAKER INTERVIEW
notes on my new video interview with Ian Assersohn, author of The Lampmaker
IAN ASSERSOHN: NEW VIDEO INTERVIEW
a new video interview with Ian Assersohn, author of The Lampmaker
SIT DOWN FOR STANDUP PODCAST APPEARANCE
smh chats naked comedy with Daniel Farr (no one is naked here)
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?
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: J.C. Zielinska, author of How To Make Your Life Amazing
Come and meet J.C. Zielinska, author of How To Make Your Life Amazing
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Chris Bennett, author of Windslash – The Last Elemental
Come and meet Chris Bennett, author of Windslash – The Last Elemental
A Foreign Country is the Past by Fernando Sdrigotti
a great collection of short stories that aren’t pretending to not be a collection of short stories
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: L. J. Robson, author of The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
A chat with L. J. Robson, author of The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Claire Moore, author of It’s OK To Wobble
a conversation with Claire Moore, author of It’s OK To Wobble
Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann
an interesting history book that bizarrely panders to the sensibilities of people who will never read it
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Feyisayo Anjorin, author of The Hypocrite Series
a conversation with Steve McLean, author of Stealing Deep Purple
West by Carys Davies
notes on a cracking, strange, borderline metatexual novella
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Steve McLean, author of Stealing Deep Purple
a conversation with Steve McLean, author of Stealing Deep Purple
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Sheila Muckle, author of Roses and Redemption
come and meet Sheila Muckle, author of Roses and Redemption
The Wild Body by Wyndham Lewis
so you’ve got a great name???
VIDEO INTERVIEW: MATT NAGIN BONUS MATERIAL – WHAT MAKES A GOOD SHORT STORY? – Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 4
bonus material with fictioneer and comedian Matt Nagin discussing what makes a good short story
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Sam Ayertey, author of Transformation of a Village
an interview with Sam Ayertey, author of Transformation of a Village
In the Shadow of the Phosphorus Dawn by Rob True
some spectacular stuff from UK indie, Influx Press
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Michael Twaits, author of The Art of Drag
a chat with Michael Twaits, performer, educator and author of The Art of Drag
VIDEO INTERVIEW: MATT NAGIN ON THE BOOK OF OUTCASTS – Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 3
Fictioneer & comedian Matt Nagin joins smh to chat writing, reading, AI, travel, and all sorts of other fun
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Kris Hall/Barracuda Guarisco, writer of many books
a chat with Kris Hall/Barracuda Guarisco, writer of many books
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Marina Vantara, author of Mission Homo Liberatus: The Beginning
a chat with Marina Vantara, author of Mission Homo Liberatus: The Beginning
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Tim Whitehouse, author of The Tender Wall
a chat with Tim Whitehouse, author of The Tender Wall
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
too many notes on a lyrical novel that is frequently beautiful but isn’t quite perfect
video – scott manley hadley ten minute alternative comedy set
a longer set than I’ve previously posted…
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Rebecca Gransden, author of Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group
a chat with Rebecca Gransden, author of Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group
video – scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD tries musical comedy
an attempt at musical comedy from scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Duncan Heenan, author of Lead Us Not
a chat with Duncan Heenan, author of Lead Us Not
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Louise McLaughlin, author of Discovery
a chat with Louise McLaughlin, author of Discovery
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man by Pierce Day – PART FOUR OF FOUR
am i bitter? am i jealous? am i over the hill??? – a four part review concludes
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man by Pierce Day – PART THREE OF FOUR
closer to the text, the faults fall away – a four part review continues
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Jessica Aike, author of This Thing in My Head
a chat with Jessica Aike, author of This Thing in My Head
Provincial Squinting At The Mercury Orgy by Jai Knight
an intriguing prose and poetry collection that is deceptively simple or simply deceptive
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: George Carter, author of Beyond Boundaries
George Carter, author of Beyond Boundaries, answers some questions
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Jai Knight, author of Provincial Squinting at the Mercury Orgy
a chat with Jai Knight, author of Provincial Squinting at the Mercury Orgy
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch & Sheila McGraw
i read a devastatingly beautiful book for children
video – poetry, stripper trousers, hairloss, napoleon complex: smh live stand-up
it’s scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD
Whale Oil (Monthly Chapbooks #2) by Tempest Miller
Tempest Miller’s second monthly chapbook – a brave if not brilliant series
video – raw & unreceptive: scott manley hadley stand up live at crack comedy kingston (London) 27.10.24
a stranger filmed a recent stand up set i did then emailed it to me
Three by Ann Quin
a 1960s novel about unhappy, repressed, people making everything worse for themselves and others
because earth is flat: a flat earth poetry collection – scott manley hadley: live at paradise (new web series episode)
the earth is flat; if it wasn’t, why would there be a whole book of poetry presuming it was???
my father, from a distance – scott manley hadley: live at paradise (new web series episode)
Filmed at the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto’s historic Paradise Theatre on Bloor St W, the poet,Continue Reading
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
if the English state could clone the poor to harvest their organs, it would
video: it’s orange time – solid bald feat bb whamathan
a lovely song about oranges thank you
Triumph Of The Now 