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First there was sidereal time, the cold time of stars and rings and churning space, charted by the ancients, drawn down by Galen and informing Dante; then Newtonian time, for want of a better description, when our blind watchmaker automates … Continue reading
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Drum roll! This is a Story Bazaar announcement. The second and final book in the Al Andalus series, the sequel to Reconquista, will be published later this year, just in time for Christmas. The final section of The Silver Rings, … Continue reading
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Time for another piece on books at The Story Bazaar. Some of this reading is my research (that authorial quagmire) or at least that’s my excuse. The Moor’s Last Stand; How Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain Came to an End by … Continue reading
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So to a fascinating talk on a Saturday afternoon at Studio Voltaire by Dr Danielle Sands*, Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Thought at the Royal Holloway, University of London. Entitled Thinking with Animals, she talked us through the current thinking on … Continue reading
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So, are women better at writing thriller/crime novels than men? The consensus on Saturday’s panel at the Clapham Book festival events at the Lambeth Country Show was that there isn’t a gender difference, both can be excellent, though there often … Continue reading
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