Fantasy With a Hint of Asian Spices
It’s the UNESCO World Poetry Day today. This year’s theme is Peace and Unity. It’s also the 21st day of Ramadan, and I have secluded myself for the next 10 days in a masjid to seek peace within myself and oneness with the Almighty. In keeping with the day and theme, I will try and […]
Read More World Poetry Day 2025It’s been 5 years since the lockdown. The human world was virtually under house arrest. The natural world 🌎 took a sigh of relief. Dolphins were spotted swimming in the Bosphorus, deer and mountain goats were seen roaming the streets of Britain and nature reserves saw a boom in animal populations. Introverts were supremely happy […]
Read More COVID DIARY DAY 9130This is a post dedicated to my long-term subscribers. I was just reviewing my blog stats and realised that many of you have been following me for over a decade. That’s an impressive commitment. Thank you and may the Almighty bless you and guide you. For those of you who have joined more recently, thank […]
Read More Big Fat Thank YouWatch legendary author, Ursula Le Guin, say it how it is at the National Book Awards, regarding genre fiction as literature, agency pricing, corporate fatwas and authors accepting the ill-treatment.
Read More Ursula Le Guin at the National Book Awards“What makes Kerrion’s writing so compelling is the beautifully flawed characters that find themselves in unexpected relationships…these kind of character level conflicts make Kerrion’s writing so deliciously addictive.”—Noor A Jahangir, Author of The Changeling King “Everything you want in a great story. Love, intrigue, action, betrayal, and understanding.”—Ch’kara Silverwolf, Author of Daughter of Light and […]
Read More Jade Kerrion Launches Eternal NightMy Rating: 4/5 A genre-bending love story by the award-winning author of the Double Helix books, Jade Kerrion. Every full-moon for a thousand years the humans of Aeternae Noctis have dreaded the arrival of the vampires who steal away their five year old children. Now it’s the turn of the child who has been prophesied […]
Read More Exclusive Preview: Eternal Night by Jade KerrionPerfection Challenged, the thrilling conclusion to Jade Kerrion’s multiple award-winning, bestselling DOUBLE HELIX series, will be released on September 17th and will be available in paperback and all electronic formats. Beta readers have declared Perfection Challenged “the best of the four books…the perfect ending to an amazing series.” If you’ve never picked up the DOUBLE […]
Read More Book News: Perfection Challenged Cover RevealThe Futurebooks conference is currently taking place and the census on digital content has only recently been published. As predicted by many professionals (and amateurs like me), the rise of the ebook continues, with now 9/10 people having accessed a digital book or journal. Whilst dedicated e-reading devices are the platform of choice, the proliferation […]
Read More The Future of BooksWhat would a world without Amazon be like? Following on from a hearing on allegations of  tax evasion by Amazon, Google and Starbucks, led by a committee of MPs in Britain, there have been calls for people in the UK to boycott all of the above. I’ve heard fierce debates on radio between critics, who […]
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