After my recent lament about poor editing in indie books, it was a delight to read Claire Marta’s book. Not only was the story...

Indie authors have the enviable freedom to write something so unique that it would be considered unmarketable to mainstream publishers....

Madame Two Swords is a beautifully written tale set in an alternate France, 200 years after their failed revolution. Things seemed to...

I have a soft spot for classic literature. Even so I felt nervous before tackling “Crime and Punishment”. Its reputation preceded it....

This is the second found footage film I’ve received from POV films and reviewed. This one wasn’t as good as the first. In fact I...

Religious fervour is akin to madness – that seems to be the message of this strange yet compelling independent film. Whenever I am...

It was with great pleasure that I received a review copy of Adam Nevill’s latest release - “Hasty For the Dark”. The collection is...

Why did I know nothing about Biafra? In the late 1960s there were terrible acts of genocide against the Igbo people in Nigeria....

That wonderful feeling when someone you’ve thought of as a contemporary and peer makes it to the big time. With the release on Friday...

Fight Club packs a lot into a very short read. It critiques class and masculinity in America. It looks at mental illness in the forms of...

"The Barbers had said they would arrive by three. It was like waiting to begin a journey." The Paying Guests is about a love triangle...

Photo : Tibet and Stapleton, 1991. (photo Ruth Bayer) England’s Hidden Reverse is an impressive, illustrated, hard backed volume coupled...

Slade House is a strange little book. The start is very strong, the middle is repetitive and the end feels like a tagged on battle of...

Publisher: Vintage (3 Aug. 2017) ISBN-10: 0099594021 I’ve been looking forward to the paperback release of Hagseed for a long time, and...

Swing Time is a beautiful novel that transcends borders. It is set in London, where the main character was born, New York and a village...

Twin Peaks What is going on? Episode seven was the most coherent story-based episode we’ve been treated to in the new season of Twin...

I've never watched a television show before that has used silence with such bravery. At times the silence seems too long and intense to...

I am not sure why I came to this book so late. The Haunting of Hill House is a wonderful novel. Four people gather together in a...

The title “The Winged Bull” refers to a ritual and the hero of the story, Murchison. Murchison is engaged by Brangwyn to help cure his...

Natsuo Kirino is an angry young woman. I understand and appreciate that in an author. I read her crime thriller "Out" before and...