“On the Holloway Road” published as an eBook
I’m a bit behind the times – this actually happened at the end of last year. But wanted to let you know that my debut novel On the…
Google Adwords?
I got a voucher recently for £75 of free advertising on Google Adwords. I wasn’t really planning to use it, because I…
“West Indian Folk Tales” retold by Philip Sherlock
What struck me about these stories is the similarity between traditional folk tales in different parts of the world. I grew up,…
Monday morning inspiration
“Let our imagination guide us – and never cease to follow it, for if we do, we grow up and the child…
Reading 8 or 9 hours a day
George Lamming also said something quite amazing in his speech, and I forgot to mention it in my last post. He mentioned…
George Lamming on “The politics of reading”
While I was in Barbados over Christmas and New Year, I went to a literary event – the 12th annual award ceremony for the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment,…
Monday morning inspiration
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas…
British “state of the nation” novels
One of my fellow Legend Press authors, Mark Piggott, wrote an interesting article in the Independent about ‘state of the nation’ novels.…