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March 4, 2016
11 Influential Female Authors
As International Women’s Day (IWD) is next week (March 8th) I am dedicating this blog post to female authors. I have only included authors who are no longer with us. Sorry J. K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, and dare I say it, E. L. James.
Here are 11 of the most influential female authors/writers ever.
Jane Austen
(December 16th 1775 – July 18th 1817)
Jane Austen’s 6 novels were published at a time when virtually all well-known authors were male. Her erudite social commentary and use of irony co...
February 26, 2016
6 Good Self-Published Books
This week’s blog post is dedicated to 6 self-published books that I enjoyed reading. Several of these books have hadsome commercial success. As followers of this blog are aware I am an eclectic reader, and this is reflected in the choice of books. Click on the links to read my reviews.
Tollesbury Time Forever by Stuart Ayris
Genre: Literary Fiction
Simon Anthony, a resident of the picturesque village of Tollesbury, is an avid Beatles fan with a history of mental health issues and a dependenc...
February 19, 2016
7 Radical Authors
This week’s blog post is dedicated to 7 famous authors, who were/are radical in one way or another. I hope you find it interesting.
Andrea Dworkin
(September 26th 1946 – April 9th 2005)
Andrea Dworkin is best remembered for her objection to pornography. The radical feminist writer argued that there was a correlation between pornography and violence to women. In the late 1970s and 1980s she was a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement, often provoking the ire of liberal feminists with h...
February 12, 2016
Russian Literature
I am an eclectic reader. Hopefully my variedreading experiences will prove beneficialto my own writing endeavours (3 novels to date). This week’s blog post is dedicated to the Russian literature that I have read. The following 6 books are presented in chronological order. Click on the links to read my reviews.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1877)
Tolstoy’s opus is set against a backdrop of the emancipation of the serfs, the Pan Slavism movement, political change and technological advancement....
February 5, 2016
6 Recommended non-English Language Books
This week’s blog post is devoted to 6 non-English language works of fiction, all of which I read in English. They are presented in chronologicalorder.Click on the links to read my reviews.
Candide by Voltaire (1759)
Candide came about as a direct result of Voltaire’s anger at the reaction within elements of The Church to The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755, and what he viewed as the absurd theorising about why bad things happen to good people…(more)
Author’s nationality: French
My Rating: A...
January 29, 2016
My Book Industry Ramblings
Of late I have been devoting my weekly blog posts to my new psychological thriller, Symbiosis (released last Thursday). Click here to read the reviews. In preparation for the release of SymbiosisI conducted some book industry research, some of which I relay here. I hope you find it interesting.
The bestselling adult Fiction printed book of 2015 was Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. Total units sold in 2015: 1,599,189.
Amazon’s bestselling book of 2015 was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkin...
Book Industry Ramblings
Of late I have been devoting my weekly blog posts to my new psychological thriller, Symbiosis (released last Thursday). Click here to read the reviews. In preparation for the release of SymbiosisI conducted some book industry research, some of which I relay here. I hope you find it interesting.
The bestselling adult Fiction printed book of 2015 was Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. Total units sold in 2015: 1,599,189.
Amazon’s bestselling book of 2015 was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkin...
January 21, 2016
Symbiosis Launch
I am pleased to announce thatSymbiosisisnowon sale.
The Blurb:
Identical twins Talulah and Taliah have never been apart. Viewed as curiosities by children and adults alike, they coexist in an insular world with their own secret language. But being identical doesn’t necessarily mean being equal…
Soon a series of momentous events will send Talulah and Taliah spiralling out of control, setting them on a collision course with a society that views them as two parts of a whole. Will their symbioti...
January 15, 2016
Symbiosis Countdown
My psychological thriller,Symbiosis,is being released next Thursday (January 21st).
The blurb:
Identical twins Talulah and Taliah have never been apart. Viewed as curiosities by children and adults alike, they coexist in an insular world with their own secret language. But being identical doesn’t necessarily mean being equal…
Soon a series of momentous events will send Talulah and Taliah spiralling out of control, setting them on a collision course with a society that views them as two parts...
January 8, 2016
Symbiosis Blurb Reveal
There is less than 2 weeks to go until the release ofSymbiosis(Publication Date: 21st January 2016). Symbiosis is a Psychological Thriller. It is my third novel (Charles Middleworth & Necropolis). Last week I unveiled the front cover (see below).
This is the blurb:
Identical twins Talulah and Taliah have never been apart. Viewed as curiosities by children and adults alike, they coexist in an insular world with their own secret language. But being identical doesn’t necessarily mean being equa...
