It’s over twenty degrees in Scotland. Go to the park. Take a book. One of these: The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong (2020, Picador) I’m gonna be straight here from the off: I was a 00’s-era grunger in high school. Band hoodies, ludicrously baggy jeans, moon boot skate shoes, questionable taste for rap metal, the … More Reading Roundup May 2021
Come next Monday, Scotland moves up into tier 3, meaning bookshops will be able to open again. No doubt there will be a salivating, Dawn of the Dead-esque crowd pushing up against the glass of Waterstones Sauchiehall Street by 8.59am Monday 26th April and I honestly might be one of them. Just the thought of … More Indie April 2021
Lets’ begin with the obligatory, “It’s been ages since I’ve posted any reviews, blah, blah blah….” It’s been ages since I’ve posted any reviews! I’ve been busy with a couple of my own big writing things and with a toddler on the loose to watch over I’m having to be strict in my priorities. But, … More Reading Roundup February 2021
Yippee-Ki-Yay, motherfucker, and Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal! I had Jon Anderson’s 3 Ships on the turntable the other day so it’s now officially THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY. Which will be harder than most other years considering we’re still in lockdown and Brexit is in the news again (specifically on the day of writing … More December review roundup
How? Where has the year gone? I demand it back! (A do-over that is, I’m not wanting to relive the whole pandemic from March again, monkey paw.) It’s been a while since my last post as I’ve been keeping myself busy on the writing front. I also moved back to Glasgow after a couple of … More And now it’s November again…
The title of this post may no longer be relevant – it’s getting hard to decide whether lockdown is still actually a thing or not. However, the maybe-good-maybe-bad news for people in England is that bookshops are now open again and are doing brisk trade. Good because bookshops are brilliant and the chance to open … More Lockdown Reading Roundup 3
Tired of meeting that same person again and again for games of tennis? Bored of standing in hour long queues outside Homebase just to fight over the last tin of Ronseal? Why not pick up something new to read!? Here’s what I’ve liked recently: A Window Breaks by C. M. Ewan (Pan MacMillan, 2019) The … More Lockdown Reading Roundup 2
Well, this is shite, isn’t it? But there’s no way around it, lockdown must go on until it’s safe to do otherwise, which could be some time yet. So if you’re wanting to kill some time reading, why not have a look at one of these? (And if you do see something you like, check … More Lockdown Reading Roundup 1
It’s been one storm after the next lately, so it would be a good make sure you’ve got a decent book or two to weather it out indoors. How about one of these? Dark Water by Koji Suzuki (1996/2004, Harper Collins) I think I remember seeing the US film adaptation of this story sometime in … More Winter reading 2019/20
Happy New Year, reading and writing friends! I’m already very excited for this year’s upcoming publications – Agency, the new novel from William Gibson is right around the corner, Iain Maloney’s memoir of life in rural Japan, The Only Gaijin in the Village, publishes in March, and I myself have a novel due out – … More Favourite Reads 2019
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