Dog and Butterfly
Tolstoy famously wrote that “All happy families are alike”, but John Philip Riffice’s novel Dog and Butterfly proves that all good rules also have their exceptions. It’s a novel…
The Rag
I like literary magazines. I read a lot of them, although I don’t review them on here too often. I just read…
A bit of nonsense
I was struggling with my writing this morning, and somehow ended up procrastinating by changing all of the words in the first…
Meditation by James Hewitt
Meditation is a difficult subject for a ‘how to’ guide, because ultimately it doesn’t really matter how you do it. This is…
The Almost Lizard by James Higgerson
James Higgerson’s debut novel follows a teenage boy whose habit of imagining himself in television soap operas develops from harmless fantasy into a cause…
On showing up
There’s a quote I remember hearing years ago, one of those quotes that really resonated with me and has stuck with me…
A Primer of Freudian Psychology by Calvin S. Hall
I'd recommend this short, 120-page book to anyone who wants a lucid introduction to Freud's main ideas.
If you liked my book…
I just found out that A Virtual Love has been shortlisted for the People’s Book Prize. The winner is determined by popular…