Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Review: Joe Country by Mick Herron
11 Sep 2019REVIEW: JOE COUNTRY BY MICK HERRON Publishers, agents and readers love a running series. Like a fast food outlet a…
Finnish humour. Review of Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen
14 Aug 2019Review of Palm Beach Finland Last year, I sat with the Finnish novelist Antti Tuomainen on a panel for the…
Paris by noir – Review: Clementina by Simon Cann
13 Jun 2019Paris by noir – review: Clementina by Simon Cann Last week I wrote about honesty in writing – how it…
Has Amazon deleted your reviews?
04 Apr 2019Has Amazon deleted your reviews? A few weeks ago I wrote a blog in which I said how important reviews…
Do you need your delusions?
29 Mar 2019Do you need your delusions? Listeners who believe that the BBC is a hot-bed of pinko leftie elitists who want…
How to write a riveting review
08 Mar 2019How to write a riveting review This week, an art that is both very new and almost as old as…
Death by Monet: Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi
14 Feb 2019Black Water Lilies review The struggles of three women – a child, a school-teacher and an elderly woman about to…
The Harris anti-Bafta awards 2019
08 Feb 2019The Anti-Bafta Awards As a BAFTA member, over the past months I’ve received a total of 93 movies (not counting…
They warned us! Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe
05 Dec 2018Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe They warned us. We were making a film for the British car makers British…
Rules for novelists writing rules for novelists
21 Nov 2018Many writers have handed down their golden rules for novelists. There seems to come a moment in every writer’s life…
