Giveaway : The Ephemera

All the chat over the last few months here has been about The Moon King. Complete new baby syndrome, for which I make no apology, but I’m aware that the older siblings have been somewhat neglected. Especially jogging my elbow for attention is my collection, The Ephemera, which seems to have picked up a few sales on […]

Spin: a good yarn

The latest in TTA Press’s new novellas series (following on from Mike O’Driscoll’s excellent Eyepennies) is SPIN by Nina Allan. And, having been fortunate enough to get a sneaky early preview, I can tell you it’s a belter. Set in an alternative futuristic Greece, the story teases the familiar Arachne myth into something contemporary, relevant […]

Monthly : February

Reading long Eyepennies by Mike O’Driscoll (TTA Press) Not that long a read, actually (in fact I read this novella pretty much in one sitting). I’m a long standing O’Driscoll fan and having taken out a subscription to TTA’s new novella series, I was gantin’ for this to arrive, and when it did I wasn’t by […]

That time again

This week sees the start of the Euro 2012 football tournament and yet again I’ve been put in charge of the TTA Press sweepstake. Loyal readers of this blog will remember that last time round (for the World Cup) we invited a local cabaret celebrity to make the draw. Well, this time we went one […]

September’s Reads

September was a little disappointing reading-wise. Struggled most of the month on one novel, and other activities (including having an unpublished novel for critique) have nibbled away my reading time lately. Not expecting this situation to improve much in October either, but c’est la vie. The Phantoms Of Breslau by Majek Krajewski (Quercus). Picked this […]

TTA Press World Cup Sweepstake – The Final

So we were set for the final. The venue was buzzing. The contenders were nervous. The officials as glad-handing and self-aggrandizing as ever. Yes, we were in the Captain’s Rest pub in Glasgow’s West End to watch the World Cup Final. The last two contenders in the TTA Sweep – Chris Murdoch and Jim Steel […]

TTA Press World Cup 2010 Sweepstake

Just returned from fulfilling my duties as draw administrator for the now traditional TTA Press World Cup sweepstake ( I can’t believe either of those links is necessary, but apparently there some people who don’t know about either TTA or the World Cup. Nothing short of bizarre, but there it is). It was a lavish […]