Literature Discussions and Book Reviews
I stumbled on an announcement this week – as happens when you are mindlessly browsing the Interweb, that a newContinue Reading
There is such a thing as an intended audience: when a writer produces a book outline for a publisher, itContinue Reading
She Who Became the Sun is a novel which, for the most part, reads like Historical Fiction, and as itContinue Reading
I am late to contribute to the raft of praise for L.E. Modesitt’s latest Fantasy book series, The Grand Illusion.Continue Reading
On April 28, 2022, Neil Gaiman started doing again what all writers do when they make a living as aContinue Reading
This post concludes my review of the Fantasy novel, The Fall of Babel, by Josiah Bancroft, the last in theContinue Reading
Fans of Josiah Bancroft’s popular series, The Books of Babel, had to wait two long years for The Fall ofContinue Reading
Fans of Josiah Bancroft’s popular series, The Books of Babel, had to wait two long years for The Fall ofContinue Reading
There’s a thing that really good authors do – and I don’t know what’s the word for it – theyContinue Reading
I have often pointed out in these posts, that I favour brevity and carefully chosen words over flowery writing. ItContinue Reading
There are authors whose restraint, clear vision and graceful expression make their novels a quiet joy to read. I haveContinue Reading
Josiah Bancroft is one of those authors who has defined his creative process with care and can explain how heContinue Reading
The Hod King, Bancroft’s third book in his Books of Babel tetralogy, is an exercise in exquisite torture through cliffhangers.Continue Reading
Writer Nicholas Tucker said about Richard Adams’ 50-hankie-bunny-weepie, Watership Down, “Adams … has bravely and successfully resurrected the big picaresque adventureContinue Reading
Eowyn Ivey was raised in Alaska, was educated there, and lives there. Ivey was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize forContinue Reading
Death is a difficult subject to write about, but particularly when it is not coincidental but core to a book’s theme orContinue Reading
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