I was recently discussing best books on the theme of 'exploration' and someone said, what, you mean science fiction novels? I didn't mean...

This story was first published in The Colored Lens magazine in summer 2020. MAGI Mission Log 21231702: Mission going well so far. Bridget...

I wanted to write a guide to historical crime fiction but, realising it would be too big a topic for one article, decided to split it in...

I used to not really like historical crime fiction, probably due to reading what I considered mediocre books with generic crimes dumped...

I have wanted to read this book for a long time, but have always been put off by just how darn long it is. And it is long, about 970...

I have challenged myself to read a short story a day during 2021. I'm not trying to make myself read a story each and every day, I will...

Well it has been quite a year. Different to normal in almost every way, and that has impacted on my reading, though in a fairly positive...

I read this book a few weeks ago, and was delighted earlier this week when Bill Gates' annual review of his best books of the year...

There have been claims that the literary world has been slow in dealing with the challenges of climate change, however others have...

I’ve got so many books that I want to read that one of my top criteria for reading a book is length. I tend to favour shorter books –...

I’ve always have a thing about bookshops, particularly independent bookshops – as a child one of my biggest ambitions was one day to have...

“There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and...

In Part One of our Crime Fiction Tour of Britain, we began our guide to the state of British crime fiction in the South of England.  Now...

What do you think of when you think of British crime fiction? For many people it might be Agatha Christie and her clever sleuths Poirot...

This story was first published in a small press magazine, Door is a Jar, in January 2020, but I’m republishing it on here, so people can...

If you’ve not yet seen my posts on the Hugo Award Nominees 2020 and the Nebula Award Nominees 2020, then check them out now for a list of...

As anyone who knows me will be well aware, I’m a keen board gamer. Normally, my wife and I host board game evenings with friends a couple...

Last month I wrote about the Nebula Award nominees, and also my reading challenge to read all of the nominees (well, novels and short...

I don’t tend to self-publish stories, preferring to get stories published in literary/genre magazines and websites. However I posted one...

Nebula Award Nominees 2020 It’s that time of the year when nominations come out for the major SF & Fantasy awards. Last year, I read all...