by Graeme Cumming | Feb 24, 2020 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Reading |
Every now and then, I catch Mark Billingham being interviewed, either on TV or radio, and he’s always struck me as being a really nice, laid-back guy, probably a good bloke to have a drink and a chat with. On the couple of occasions I’ve made it to the...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 20, 2020 | Fiction, Reading |
Is it just me? That’s the question I’ve asked myself a lot recently. And it’s about my Kindle. I got my first Kindle eight or nine years ago. I got it reluctantly, determined not to like it because I liked books. You know, the proper things: made of...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 13, 2020 | Book Reviews, Events |
One of the great things about going to literary events – whether they’re festivals, or book signings, or book launches, or gatherings of authors and bloggers – you get to meet and learn about new authors and, more importantly, new books. But...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 10, 2020 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
In the mid-1970s, Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell, the main drivers of The Avengers, had another crack with John Steed and introduced The New Avengers. By the time that’d run its course, though, they had a completely different project in mind. Where The New Avengers...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 5, 2020 | Events, Literary Festivals, Meetings |
When I wrote my last post about the Read Dating event at Bourne Town Hall, I provided names and pictures of the authors who’d be there. Since then, I’ve realised there was more I could add (I really must learn to read a leaflet properly). If you’ve...
