Gary William Murning’s debut novel If I Never which was published in 2009, is set across a mixture of urban and rural locations mainly in in the environs of North Yorkshire. The Middlesbrough based author has used his obvious local knowledge to good effect as a backdrop to a plot-line bursting with suspense. Anyone who [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2010’
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger received widespread acclaim for The Time Traveler’s Wife following its publication back in 2003 and it subsequently spent many months at the top of bestseller lists all over the world. Whether it is because of this success that I avoided reading it for so long I’m not sure; I suppose I may be [...]
Living Under Fire – Short Story Competition
To celebrate the recent publication of King of Tuzla by Arnold Jansen op de Haar, Holland Park Press have had the great idea of launching a short story competition with the theme “Living Under Fire”. The short story should be set in a conflict zone and contain less than 1000 words. The winner will receive [...]
Man Booker 2010 Shortlist Announced
Like many, I’ve been impatiently awaiting the announcement of this year’s Man Booker 2010 shortlist, and as promised, this morning 7th September, the judges have announced the worthy nominees. The initial longlist of thirteen has now been whittled down to the following six authors and titles: Peter Carey Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and [...]