"I love the smell of book ink in the morning." Umberto Eco
"I love the smell of book ink in the morning." Umberto Eco
Mathew West’s debut novel The House of Footsteps is a gothic mystery-thriller set in the 1920s in a foreboding house on the English-Scottish border, and was released in February 2022 by Harper North. Mathew lives in Edinburgh where he spends most of his time writing, listening to music, watching bad horror films and walking around …
Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko. annick press. (32p) ISBN 9781773210292 Another book that I’ve had sitting on the shelves for what feels like forever, I can’t really remember why I got it but I’m pretty sure it was at the recommendation of someone as a ‘book you need to read’. Of course they were right, short …
Katy Wimhurst. Fly on the Wall Press. (102p) ISBN 9781913211677 I’ve had this on my wish list since the start of the year as it sounded intriguing. Finally got around to it and it was worth the wait, a small collection of short stories all with a post-apocalyptic theme to them. Unusually, for me, they …
Phil Hicks, Keith Robinson. Usborne Publishing, (256p) ISBN 9781474972154 I absolutely loved The Haunting of Aveline Jones and had to get this as soon as I’d finished that, and I had read this pretty much straight away, and then forgot to write my review… The hardship was that I had to suffer reading it once …
Lulu Allison has been a visual artist for most of her life. She attended Central St Martin’s School of Art then spent a number of years travelling and living abroad. Amongst the bar-tending and cleaning jobs, highlights of these years include: in New Zealand, playing drums for King Loser and bass for Dimmer. In Germany, …
Susie Bower, Francesca Gambatesa. Pushkin Press. (32p) ISBN 9781782693154 Just received Shoo! this morning from Pushkin Press, I had asked for a copy to review as I loved the cover art and the idea of a grumpy person being surrounded by animals they didn’t want there. The cover for some reason gave me very Enda …