Reading Recommendations

Bring a little joy to September with the OFFICIAL ORBIT BACK TO SCHOOL GUIDE.   Who really needs Maths and Science when you have ROBOTICS and WILDERNESS SURVIVAL!   SEISMOLOGY [sahyz-mol–uh-jee] noun the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.     MEDICINE [med–uh-sin] noun any substance or substances used in treating disease or […]

My Wrappa of Irish Literary Female Writers   My publishers sent me a piece from the Irish Times by John Boyne on the Irish literary tea towel in which he highlighted the absence of female writers on the old literary tea towel. They wondered if I would be interested in doing something in the same […]

Saturday 20th July marks the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing. The Moon continues to be a source of inspiration for some EPIC SFF novels. Including Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest novel, Red Moon and David Wellington’s upcoming novel The Last Astronaut.  Here are ten of our favourite EPIC SPACE OPERA novels. How many have […]

  Evan Winter, author of The Rage of Dragons shares his ultimate bookshelf.   Hey everyone,   Evan here and I’d like to thank the Little, Brown Book Group for giving me this chance to talk about a few of my favorite reads. I can imagine that towering To-Be-Read lists loom for all of you, […]

  In partnership with Palas Print the wonderful Clare Mackintosh has curated her dream bookshelf! How many have you read?   Something to Live for, Richard Roper Quirky and life-affirming, if you liked The Rosie Project, you’ll love this.   The Life of Death by Lucy Booth A beautiful, thought-provoking novel, written while the author was […]