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Author Archives: Rel
January 2025 book blog
I decided that this year would be the year of the re-read, the year that I caught up with missed sequels, the year that I made some progress with those piles of books that are yet to be read. I … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog
Tagged anthology, Fantasy, Feminist SF, Fiction, Horror, Joan Sloncewski, Library books, Lisa Tuttle, Review, Science Fiction, SF, Womens Press SF, Zadie Smith
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December 2024 book blog
I read a lot of books, and published one, in December 2024. Silverwood Rising was published halfway between my 61st birthday and Christmas Day, a gift to myself that I’m very happy with. I celebrated by reading a lot. My … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog
Tagged anthology, Belinda Bauer, Book blog, Ellen Datlow, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Indie Writer, John Scalzi, N K Jemisin, Review, Science Fiction, Tom Cox
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Silverwood Rising
On Friday 20th December 2024 my fourth book will be published. It’s the fourth and final book in the Ransomed Hearts series. No spoilers, I promise. I have mixed feelings, on some level I didn’t want to get to this … Continue reading
Posted in News, Witterings
Tagged Carys Bray, Chorley, Continental, David Hartley, Dea Parkin, Emma Decent, Fat Roland, Fiction, Indie Author, Jane Brunning, Lancashire Authors Association, Lancashire Writing Hub, Nicholas Royle, Preston, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Science Fiction, Self Publishing, Shapeshifters, Victoria Walsh, Werewolves, writing, Zoe Lambert
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November 2024 book blog
I just about read three books in November, but one of them was an absolute stonker. It took me a month to read it, with short breaks to read the other two books. Neal Stephenson’s ‘Fall, or Dodge in Hell’ … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog
Tagged Alix E Harrow, Dodge, Fantasy, Fiction, Gogmagog, Horror, Jeff Noon, Ludluda, Neal Stephenson, Review, Science Fiction, Steve Beard, The Starling House
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October 2024 book blog
I just logged in to blog my November 2024 reading and realised that I’d neglected to blog my October reading. So, here goes. My first book of the month was Geoff Ryman’s ‘The Child Garden’. It’s an old book and … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog
Tagged Bolton, China Mieville, Eragon, Fantasy, Fiction, Geoff Ryman, Horror, Lancashire, Review, Science Fiction
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Ludluda by Jeff Noon and Steve Beard – a review by Jeanette Greaves
Many thanks to Angry Robot Books for the review copy of Ludluda. I read and loved Gogmagog earlier this year, so this chance to be a part of the online tour for the second book of the duology is very … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog, Review
Tagged Angry Robot Books, Dragons, Ecological Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Jeff Noon, Ludluda, Review, Science Fiction, Steve Beard
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The hole in the pantry
I wrote this earlier this week, for a performance with Sid Calderbank, the Lancashire Society, and Lancashire Authors’ Association at Tarleton Library. It’s based on a true story. There was a crack in my grandma’s pantry floor. There probably still … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Stuff that rhymes.
Tagged Childhood, Dark poetry, Horror, Lancashire, Mines, poetry
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September 2024 book blog
After the leviathan of a book that was ‘999’, I stuck to shorter volumes in September. The first was ‘Underground’ by Al Ramsay. Al is a local author and we’ve known each other for a while. ‘Underground’ came out around … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog
Tagged Al Ramsay, Apocalypse, C J Tudor, Caroline Blake, Hartley, Indie, Lancashire, Local Author, Preston, Review, vampires
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August 2024 book blog
I’d say that in August, I was mostly reading books by Tej Turner; with the exception of an absolutely huge anthology that is celebrating its quarter century this year. Strictly speaking, I didn’t finish it until mid September, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog
Tagged anthology, Fiction, Horror, Review, Science Fiction, Stephen King, vampires
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July 2024 book blog
Having read ‘Babel’ and ‘The Poppy War’ trilogy, I was keen to read Rebecca F Kuang’s latest, ‘Yellowface’. Money being tight, I’ve been waiting for the paperback, and I confess that I didn’t say no when I spotted an absolutely … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog
Tagged anthology, Biography, Fantasy, Fiction, Folk Horror, Horror, Marc Burrows, Pratchett, Review, Terry Pratchett
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