Reviews

“As soon as she’s organised, she walks onto the glass bridge and through the warm blue sky, her arms stretched …

What a great idea for a novel – take the most famous evolutionist in the history of science, a son …

Unexpected connections: wasps and love betrayed, barometric pressure and ovulation, neon flowers and a black hole. Hall’s debut collection proves …

Matthew Pitt’s debut collection Attention Please Now (Autumn House Press) is reviewed (by me) in the October 2011 issue of The …

My review of Patrick Cullen‘s debut short fiction collection, What Came Between, in the Winter 2010 issue of The Short Review.

Matt Bell’s How They Were Found “Inspired, poetic, experimental collection of short fiction. Bell takes a vision of the real …

I finished Too Many Magpies in three bedtime reads (something I rarely do!). Mesmerised from start to finish. As a …

A few updates: Firstly the Bugged creative eavesdropping project (that I talked about here) launch their book next week. For more info …

I review Andrew M Hurley’s second collection, The Unusual Death of Julie Christie and other stories at The Lancashire Writing …

After watching a Culture Show (BBC2) special on the Royal Academy Summer Show last night and allowing myself to get …

My review of Clifford Garstang‘s debut collection of short stories, In An Uncharted Country is now in the The Short …

My review of Susan Wicks Roll Up for the Arabian Derby is now in the December 09 issue of The …

[Above: Ray Caesar, Ebb Tide, 2006. Digital Print.] Unexpectedly impressed by Enchanted Worlds: Art of Fairy Stories & Mermaid Tales, …

Found at bus stop. Went to see a new exhibition, Revolver by artist David Newton, which includes a number of …

Artist Grayson Perry curates Unpopular Culture – an Arts Council touring exhibition currently showing at the Harris Museum and Art …