My profile of the great Victorian novelist, Mary Anne Evans aka George Eliot, who was born on this day in 1819, is published at For Books’ Sake
Bookish Birthdays: George Eliot
22 Tuesday Nov 2011
Category Archives: Fiction
Shelagh Delaney 1939-2011
22 Tuesday Nov 2011
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My tribute to Shelagh Delaney, ‘the first working-class woman playwright’, who died recently, is published today at For Books’ Sake
Andrea Arnold’s ‘Wuthering Heights’
20 Sunday Nov 2011
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Fiction, Film
Wuthering Heights – the classic novel by Emily Brontё, published in 1848 – was first filmed by William Wyler in the sunny hills of California nearly a century later. The French-born actress, Juliet Binoche, starred in a 1992 remake. There have been several TV adaptations, and non-English versions from Luis Bunuel and Jacques Rivette. Continue reading
The Guns of Retribution
25 Tuesday Oct 2011
My review of The Guns of Retribution – a Western novella by Icy Sedgwick, published by Brighton’s Pulp Press – is now online at For Books’ Sake
BloodMining
03 Monday Oct 2011
BloodMining, the debut novel by Laura Wilkinson, is out now. My review is published today at For Books’ Sake.
Those in the Brighton area can see Laura reading from the book at the next Ace Stories event at the Hotel Pelirocco, Regency Square, on October 16 at 6pm. Authors Edward Wilson and Jeff Sheppard will also read, with music from Twenty-One Crows. Entry £3.
Tara Hanks 
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