Tag: Reading
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The Poetry Machine
There’s a fun new contraption at my local library! According to a post on the library blog, The Poetry Machine features poems submitted directly to the library from “newbies through to experienced poets, school children to more mature folk.” And it sounds like it’ll only be there for a short time – I’m glad I…
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The Trials of Lila Dalton by L. J. Shepherd
I was hooked the moment I heard about this book from fellow author friends. One author whose skills and opinion I highly respect has read an advance copy and said he’d intended to read for a few minutes before bed, but had powered through half of the book before realising how late it was! If…
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My top 5 reads of 2023 (+ more)
I read so many great books last year, but today I’ve pulled out: 5 stand-out books of 2023 Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle meet Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery. It’s just…
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Blurbing Paul Austin Ardoin’s The Trailer Park Murder
I had the privilege of reading Paul Austin Ardoin’s latest Woodhead & Becker Mystery, The Trailer Park Murder, earlier in the year, and I really enjoyed it. Paul recently shared the paperback cover with me, ahead of its scheduled release on 5 December 2023. I asked if I could show it off, and he said…
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Alumière Sisters’ Adventures by Morgan Delaney
The identical triplets Gertrude, Victoria and Colette Alumière are most certainly not witches, despite what everyone thinks. Their tendency to dress head-to-toe in black probably doesn’t help. Neither does their unhealthy interest in the inexplicable, which means they’re caught up in more than their fair share of mysteries in the otherwise sleepy and superstitious village…
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The Ghost of Ivy Barn by Mark Stay
August, 1940. The ghost, the witch and the traitor… As the Battle of Britain rages overhead, a warlock leader from the Council of High Witches comes to Woodville with a ritual to repel the imminent Nazi invasion. The only catch is it involves full-frontal nudity on the White Cliffs of Dover. The Witches of Woodville…
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New festive romcom short story: Cold Cuts and Christmas Cocktails
This is the fourth and final of these gay romcom short stories. At 9,000 words, it’s the longest of the lot! Christmas can be a super busy time of year, but if you find yourself with 30 or 40 minutes to spare – while you’ve got something in the oven, or perhaps putting your feet…
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