Loving Leonard Cohen
I first heard Leonard Cohen growl in 1968. My brother came home with The Songs of Leonard Cohen, and said, ‘You have to listen to this.’ My mother, sister and …
Witch Light – book review
It’s rare that a book really touches me these days. Witch Light by Susan Fletcher, however, moved me deeply. I’d read Fletcher’s debut novel, Eve Green, some time ago and …
A walk down the rift
Poetry, nuclear power and the coast. A curious, incongruous trio. The Poetry Pin project was developed by Exmoor poet Christopher Jelley. ‘The concept of the Poetry Pin is simple,’ he …
Marek Stefanowicz – The Cave
I’ve been waiting impatiently for The Cave to be translated into English for some considerable time. It’s a novel that’s also a guidebook on how to live consciously. But it’s not remotely …
Eco-literature for teens? Can books help save the planet?
I wrote my teen novel, Walker, several years ago. It’s the story of a boy who dies and who comes back to life as a shaman, a walker between worlds. It’s aimed …
Best books for boys
Best books for boys? Someone recently asked if anyone knew of good books for older boys; any books with good male protagonists. So I have had a bit of a …
Favourite children’s fiction
Children and YA fiction is my true guilty pleasure. It’s a funny thing but, while I flinch at adult fantasy, I will lap it up when written for a younger …