Book Review| A Melancholy Event By Dan Glaister
A Melancholy Event by Dan Glaister is a spectacularly spook novella about one girls obsession with the past.… Read More Book Review| A Melancholy Event By Dan Glaister
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Book Review| The End of Men by Christina Sweeney Baird
The End of Men by Christina Sweeney Baird is an immersive dystopian novel that I just couldn’t put down. The story begins with a few cases of a mysterious disease that spreads rapidly and kills suddenly. A brilliant doctor, Amanda McClean raises the alarm that she suspects there is a deadly new illness in her… Read More Book Review| The End of Men by Christina Sweeney Baird
Horror Channel highlights six summer weekend shockers in its August premiere line-up
August is a wicked month on Horror Channel, as the UK’s most popular small-screen destination for genre fans presents six summer weekend shockers, five FrightFest hits including the UK TV premieres of Julian Richards; REBORN, a Carrie for the Z Generation, starring horror icon Barbara Crampton, Jordan Barker’s WITCHES IN THE WOODS, an unrelenting assault… Read More Horror Channel highlights six summer weekend shockers in its August premiere line-up
Writer Simon Stephenson Reveals His Top Five Book-To-Film Adaptations
My novel, Set My Heart To Five tells the story of an android who sets out to write a screenplay capable of convincing humans that his kind should be allowed to feel. Set My Heart To Five has been itself optioned for film, so when Istoria Lit kindly invited me to write a guest post,… Read More Writer Simon Stephenson Reveals His Top Five Book-To-Film Adaptations
Audiobook Review: Bad Love by Maame Blue
Bad love is one woman’s journey through the memories of her early love life and the formative moments that made her who she is. Ekuah Danquah first falls in love at 18 with an ambitious young musician. She relives the memories of their relationship from their first fiery meeting to the confusing trials that discovering… Read More Audiobook Review: Bad Love by Maame Blue
Unheard oral histories are released by the Museum of London to mark Windrush Day
In commemoration of Windrush Day, the Museum of London has released, for the first time, a selection of unheard oral histories from its collection. Recorded in 2018 as part of the Conversation Booth project at The Arrival event in City Hall, the Windrush Conversations tell each individual’s unique story of arrival in London and their… Read More Unheard oral histories are released by the Museum of London to mark Windrush Day
Horror Channel brings suspense and splatter to its July line-up
Horror Channel brings plenty of suspense and splatter to July’s line-up with the UK TV premiere of THE REZORT, where ‘The Walking Dead’ meets ‘Jurassic World’. Starring Dougray Scott and Jessica De Gouw, this fast-paced, gory horror is directed by Outpost franchise helmer Steve Barker. There are also channel premieres for Damien Macé & Alexis… Read More Horror Channel brings suspense and splatter to its July line-up
Reading the Wolfson History Prize 2020 – A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to The Age of Revolution by Toby Green
A Fistful of Shells by Toby Green gives us a scrap book of snapshots of a West Africa a lot of us have never been told existed. Certainly for me who, quite arrogantly I now know, presumed to have a fairly good grip of world history was surprised as I read about stories that contained… Read More Reading the Wolfson History Prize 2020 – A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to The Age of Revolution by Toby Green
Book Review: The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman – A new danger is discovered seeping into Four Paths
*Warning: there are some spoilers in this review* The Deck of Omens picks up where The Devouring Gray left us. Lives have been changed forever and the small town of Four Paths has been rocked by a waterfall of revelations. The Founders and their kin don’t have a moment to gather their thoughts as a… Read More Book Review: The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman – A new danger is discovered seeping into Four Paths
Reading the shortlist of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
*Warning: There are spoilers in this one. Sorry but I just couldn’t help gushing about it* As soon as I heard about Hamnet I wanted to read it. As someone who has loved Shakespeare’s plays since childhood just hearing that I could read a story written about the writer and his son sparked my excitement.… Read More Reading the shortlist of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
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