Steve Haywood
Victorian Crime Mystery Fiction in Britain
Everyone knows about Sherlock Holmes, but what if you want to go beyond the great man and read some different crime fiction set in the...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 23, 2021
- 5 min
A Guide to Medieval Crime Fiction in Britain
Of all eras, there must be far more historical mysteries set in medieval times than in any other period of history, so this is never...
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Steve Haywood
- Apr 1, 2021
- 7 min
Historical Crime Fiction Guide - Part One: Ancient & Medieval Britain
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...
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Steve Haywood
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
Reading Review of 2020
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...
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Steve Haywood
- Dec 12, 2020
- 2 min
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben McIntyre
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...
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Steve Haywood
- Nov 8, 2020
- 7 min
Reading the Chunksters – 10 Great Long Books
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 –...
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Steve Haywood
- Nov 2, 2020
- 3 min
A New Online Bookshop!
I’ve always have a thing about bookshops, particularly independent bookshops – as a child one of my biggest ambitions was one day to have...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“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...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 24, 2020
- 5 min
Crime Fiction Tour of Britain – Part Two: Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England
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...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 5, 2020
- 5 min
Crime Fiction Tour of Britain – Part One: South of England & Wales
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...
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Steve Haywood
- Apr 18, 2020
- 5 min
Hugo & Nebula Award 2020 Nominees – Reading Update
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...
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Steve Haywood
- Apr 12, 2020
- 3 min
SF Awards 2020 Part Two – Hugo Award Nominees
Last month I wrote about the Nebula Award nominees, and also my reading challenge to read all of the nominees (well, novels and short...
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Steve Haywood
- Mar 15, 2020
- 3 min
SF Awards 2020 Part One – Nebula Award Nominees
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...
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Steve Haywood
- Jan 26, 2020
- 3 min
Top 10 Books About Books
For a bookworm like me, there’s nothing quite like reading a book about books. It provides fuel to sate the reading appetite, more piles...
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Steve Haywood
- Jan 5, 2020
- 5 min
Books I Want to Read in 2020
I still haven’t got used to it being 2020. Even more than normal when we get to a new year, it doesn’t feel real, and feels like it...
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Steve Haywood
- Dec 29, 2019
- 6 min
My Reading Year 2019
As is usual at the end of December, I’m looking back on my year of reading during 2019. This is made much easier than it used to be,...
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Steve Haywood
- Aug 21, 2019
- 5 min
Top 10 Political Novels to Read
I’ve always enjoyed a good political thriller, but I think my love of this particular genre increased massively after becoming a major...
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Steve Haywood
- Mar 28, 2019
- 3 min
Short Story Reading Log – Part 3
This week’s short stories are a bit of a mixed bag. I’m reading a couple of anthologies, listening to some stories on podcasts during my...
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Steve Haywood
- Mar 17, 2019
- 3 min
Short Story Reading Log – Part 2
Week 1 here) The only problem is, I don’t always make a note of them straight away, and then I forget – especially if they aren’t very...
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Steve Haywood
- Mar 9, 2019
- 4 min
Short Story Reading Log – Part 1
I find it easy to keep track of novels that I have read, thanks to Goodreads. Short Stories represent more of a problem however. Stories...
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