Archive for the ‘The Library Corner’ Category
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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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Alexei Sayle without the drunken lunches
13 May 2021ALEXEI SAYLE WITHOUT THE DRUNKEN LUNCHES In 2007, Channel 4 viewers voted Alexei Sayle the 18th greatest stand-up comic of…
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Putting on the squeeze. Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
26 Feb 2021REVIEW: SQUEEZE ME BY CARL HIAASEN What’s a poor author to do? You write a comic novel that satirises the…
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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…
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Interview: Sam Blake #1 bestselling author
05 Nov 2020INTERVIEW SAM BLAKE This week I’m talking to bestselling author Sam Blake. Originally from St. Albans in Hertfordshire, Sam has…
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Talking with comedy best-seller Paul Bassett Davies
06 May 2020PAUL BASSETT DAVIES I’m really pleased that this week we have a guest appearance by the best-selling comedy writer (and…
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Spies like us – review of Kate Atkinson’s Transcription
22 Apr 2020SPIES LIKE US Fiction writers are liars by trade and spy novelists are the biggest liars of all. Their entire…
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Q&A with Adam Hamdy, crime author, screenwriter and co-founder of Capital Crime
11 Mar 2020ADAM HAMDY I’m delighted this week to host a question and answer session with the successful crime author and screenwriter…
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Collateral damage – review of Berta Isla by Javier Marías
19 Feb 2020BERTA ISLA Last month I reviewed the latest, possibly last, novel by one of the giants of spy fiction, Agent…
