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3 Minute Santas - Festive Flash Fiction Wanted
A call for seasonal submissions to be broadcast on the radio!In response to some comments on my 3 Minute Scares competition for Hannah's Bookshelf on North Manchester FM, I've decided to do something a...
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OUT NOW: The Darkest Midnight in December, edited by Storm Constantine...
A new collection of seasonal ghost stories, including 'Log', a tale of festive foliage by yours truly...The ghost story is a Christmas tradition; shadows looming over the brightly-lit tree in a room...
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Performers Wanted for Live Poetry Special
On Saturday 17th March, Hannah's Bookshelf on North Manchester FM will be hosting a live poetry special. I'd like to invite poets and spoken word performers to come along and perform their work on the...
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My Year in Books 2018: January
This post is part of my New Year's Resolution. I realised at Christmas that I'd started to fall out of a couple of habits. (1) I haven't been finding time to read for pleasure. (2) I'm out of practice...
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OUT NOW: Twenty-First-Century Popular Fiction, edited by Bernice M. Murphy...
Contains a chapter by me on Stephenie Meyer's fiction (including The Host and the anniversary edition of Twilight)...Blurb:This groundbreaking collection captures the state of popular fiction in...
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My Year in Books 2018: February
So I managed to stick to my New Year's Resolution for another month. Yay! I'm still making time to read for pleasure (even if I didn't read quite as much as last month), and I'm still sticking to my...
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Poirot Project: Death in the Clouds (review)
This post is part of my 20162016-17 lifelong Poirot Project. You can read the full story of why I’m doing this in my Introduction post. The previous post was a review of ‘The ABC Murders’, quite a...
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My Year in Books 2018: March
I've managed to stick to my New Year's Resolution for three months! Go me! I'm still making time to read books for pleasure, and I've managed to keep writing short-form reviews as well. Admittedly, I'm...
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My Year in Books 2018: April
I'm doing alright with this New Year's Resolution business! Didn't get as much time to read in April as previously, as it's been a pretty hectic month, but still found some snatches of time to read a...
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Review: Hobson’s Choice (Salford Theatre Company)
Friday 8 June 2018Salford Arts TheatreHobson’s Choice was written by Harold Brighouse in 1916. Set in Salford in the 1880s, the play is about bootmaker Henry Hobson and his three daughters, Maggie,...
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My Year in Books 2018: May
Okay, so May was a pretty hectic month. I read quite a lot of stuff for work, but didn't really get chance to read much for pleasure. So embarrassingly, there's only one book on my list for May. I'm...
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Review: A Surgeon’s Photograph (Rising Shadows Productions, GM Fringe)
Tuesday 3 July 2018Footlights House, Media CitySo… the Greater Manchester Fringe kicks off for another year! As my alter ego, Hannah Kate, I hosted a GM Fringe Hannah’s Bookshelf Special on North...
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My Year in Books 2018: June
So, I'm still clinging on to my New Year's Resolution to read more for pleasure. After a bit of a rubbish May, I did manage to find time for three novels in June. Not quite hitting my target, but to be...
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Review: The Love Calculator (Rosa Wright, GM Fringe)
Thursday 5 July 2018 Gullivers, Oldham StreetThis is the second show I saw at this year’s Greater Manchester Fringe. And the second one to bring a tear to my eye! (Wonder if this is going to be a theme...
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Review: Cheaters: A Play About Infidelity (KinkyBoot Institute, GM Fringe)
Sunday 8 July 2018King’s Arms, Salford On Sunday, I was at the King’s Arms (or Kings Arms, depending on your feelings about apostrophes) to see my next Greater Manchester Fringe show: Cheaters: A Play...
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Review: Janet (HelenandJohn, GM Fringe)
Monday 9 July 2018King’s Arms, SalfordFor me, the best (and strongest) part of a fringe festival is the variety of performances on offer. I mentioned in a previous post that the Greater Manchester...
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Review: The Black Stuff (Lioness Theatre, GM Fringe)
Friday 13 July 2018Cross Street Unitarian Chapel Time for a review of another show at this year’s Greater Manchester Fringe– and the second musical I’ve seen this year. I’ll admit I was really looking...
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Review: A Fine Life (ABW Productions, GM Fringe)
Sunday 15 July 2018King’s Arms, SalfordTime for another review of a Greater Manchester Fringe production from me. This time, it’s bittersweet comedy A Fine Life, written by Anne Wynne and directed by...
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Review: Paisley (Tea Party Party, GM Fringe)
Sunday 15 July 2018LEAF on Portland StreetAnother new GM Fringe show review from me today… this time it’s Tea Party Party’s new production, Paisley.Written and directed by Andre Anderson, and...
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