The Legacy of Old Gran Parks book tour hosted by Blackthorn Book Tours has yielded a raft of praise from book critics. Here are the highlights. A warm thank you to all the reviewers who took part and to BBT for their amazing service. Lead Review from Rainnbooks The opening chapter left me with goosebumpsContinue reading “Praise for The Legacy of Old Gran Parks”
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Book Trailer: A Prison in the Sun
I’m delighted to share this book trailer for a Prison in the Sun, created by PR Manager and author Henry Roi. http://mybook.to/prisonsun “After millennial ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse. Instead, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to – andContinue reading “Book Trailer: A Prison in the Sun”
On Gilgamesh by Joan London
I’m about halfway through Joan London’s Gilgamesh and toying with writing something on Goodreads. Just now I scrolled through the reviews to read what others were saying but stopped when I realised there were over 1,800 of them. I really only have one word to add – bleak. And I realise much of the bleakness comesContinue reading “On Gilgamesh by Joan London”
Narrative as Navigation Through the Self: Isobel Blackthorn’s Asylum
(‘Narrative as Navigation Through the Self: Isobel Blackthorn’s Asylum’ by Ness Mercieca was originally published in the October 2015 edition of The Tertangala) They say the mind does not create, and that it only cuts and pastes the stimulus it receives from the outside world. Author Isobel Blackthorn has a talent for this, in fact, I oftenContinue reading “Narrative as Navigation Through the Self: Isobel Blackthorn’s Asylum”
Lanzarote: the fulcrum of an empire
The history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas upon the famous voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, pivots on an earlier conquest, that of Lanzarote and the Canary Islands. Sailing is largely dependent on ocean currents. The Canary current sweeps down from Spain and Portugal along the West African coast, until it reaches the EquatorialContinue reading “Lanzarote: the fulcrum of an empire”
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