Book Review: The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker

  • June 12, 2015

  • 7 mins to read

“As a standalone story it has merit certainly, and there are passages contained within that serve as a reminder of Barker’s greatness.” Expectations can be such dangerous beasts, especially so in the case of a new and much-anticipated book from a favourite author, and a much lauded writer at that. Clive Barker’s The Scarlet Gospels …

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The Cutting Room: Zombie Prom

  • June 11, 2015

  • 2 mins to read

A musical-comedy homage to the musicals and films of the 1950s, Zombie Prom tells the story of a forbidden romance between the rebellious bad boy Jonny and the good girl Toffee. After falling into a nuclear reactor, Jonny returns to his love as a zombie. Why we’re looking forward to this: If the prospect of …

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Tales from The Word Mine: What Do We Tell the Children?

  • June 10, 2015

  • 4 mins to read

Stories for children have been very much on my mind of late, especially as I’ve been trying to introduce our eldest daughter – Maia, 4 years old – to more complex works of children’s literature. She was very happy to sit through readings of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, probably because she’s already seen the …

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Look Out For… Finders Keepers by Stephen King and A Headful Of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

  • June 9, 2015

  • 6 mins to read

Look Out For… … Finders Keepers by Stephen King “A taut and masterful thriller.” ‘Wake up, genius.’ So begins King’s instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, a Salinger-like icon who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not …

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