Today I have published a new paperback version of “The Big Frog Theory”. The new edition is published under the Coverstory books imprint, and should be available via a range of on-line retailers and by order through bookshops. The format and layout of old version – being one of the first of my books published […]
Having recently finished the first draft of my new novel – “At Maunston Quay” – and having drawn a line under what may well prove to be my next collection of poetry – I am in editing mode again. It’s a strange time in many ways. I like it because it’s a period filled with promise, […]
A week ago I was having a bad time with two books. Funny how they turned out. One I gave really disliked and gave up on, the second – M.L.Rio’s “If We Were Villains” – I not only managed to see through to the end, but eventually ended up quite liking. The original problem? After […]
If you are going to be even remotely honest, you have to eschew reputation – and reputation as a poet is something Andrew McMillan is gaining in the UK. For my part, however, his collection “playtime” left me remarkably cold. So cold, in fact, that I have just given up reading it, unable to see […]
Not me personally, you understand. Just in terms of what I’m reading. I have two books on the go – one fiction, one poetry – and when it comes to writing my short reviews here, I can already see they will pose a problem. I’m not naive or vain enough to think what I say […]
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