Archive for the ‘Satire’ Category
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Three books for humans
03 Apr 2025THREE BOOKS FOR HUMANS It’s not easy to find an entertaining book about the way we live now, climate change…
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Orbital and other books and TV
28 Nov 2024ORBITAL AND OTHER BOOKS AND TV Fall in love with the earth In my continuing search for books to recommend…
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Staggering Hubris by Josh Berry – review
08 Jul 2022STAGGERING HUBRIS You’re a staggeringly brilliant spad (special adviser) working in Downing Street in the early days of a new…
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Liam Glass #1 bestseller in Amazon mass media
26 Nov 2021LIAM GLASS #1 BESTSELLER A quick one today, to celebrate my award-shortlisted satire The Breaking of Liam Glass reaching the…
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Special early Black Friday book offers
18 Nov 2021SPECIAL EARLY BLACK FRIDAY BOOK OFFERS I’m off to the Brechin & Angus Book Festival next week and to honour…
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Reading and writing satire: Mightier than the sword?
24 Oct 2021READING AND WRITING SATIRE Satire is having a big moment. We have satirical novels winning the Mann Booker Prize, satirical…
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Read Catch-22 for free
20 May 2021READ CATCH-22 FOR FREE We know that the Internet thrives on free information. As the saying goes, “Information wants to…
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Win a personally signed hardback copy of The Breaking of Liam Glass
18 Nov 2020COMPETITION: THE BREAKING OF LIAM GLASS To celebrate the launch of the second edition of my 5* darkly humorous thriller…
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Fight club: Review of Lionel Shriver’s The Motion of the Body Through Space
11 Nov 2020LIONEL SHRIVER’S THE MOTION OF THE BODY THROUGH SPACE Bestselling author Lionel Shriver is not one to run away from…
