A Guest Post About Nothing: Kim Bannerman
On 29th November, we’re having a belated birthday party forNothing, an anthology of short stories I edited for Hic Dragones (writing as Hannah Kate). In the run-up to our not-quite-a-launch party, I’ve...
View ArticleOUT NOW: Nothing (Hic Dragones, 2019)
Bleak landscapes, empty hearts, insignificant lives, dystopian futures, extinction, limbo, uncertainty, death. A beautiful void or a horrific state of being. The simple complexity of nothingness.A new...
View ArticleMy Year in Books 2019: November
Bit of a busy month in November, so I didn't get much time for reading. Still, I've got a couple of reviews for this month.This is the penultimate review post of the year. In case you're interested,...
View ArticleReview: Abertoir: The International Horror Festival of Wales 2019 (Tuesday...
19th-24th November 2019Aberystwyth Arts Centre, WalesThis November, we once again travelled down to Aberystwyth for the Abertoir horror film festival. It was our second time at the festival - we went...
View ArticlePoirot Project: Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (review)
This post is part of my 2016-19 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 ‘Dead Man’s Mirror’.Beware: Here be...
View ArticleReview: Abertoir: The International Horror Festival of Wales 2019 (Thursday...
19th-24th November 2019Aberystwyth Arts Centre, WalesThis is the second part of my review of the films we saw at this year's Abertoir Festival. We saw a LOT of films during the festival, so I'm trying...
View ArticleGame Review: Mystery Case Files: Moths to a Flame Collector’s Edition (first...
Developer: Eipix GamesPublisher: Big Fish GamesOriginal Release Date: 23rd August 2019Platform: PCThis is quite a delayed post. I actually played Mystery Case Files: Moths to a Flame back in the...
View ArticleMy Year in Books 2019: December
And so I've come to the end of another year of writing reviews of the books I've read for pleasure. This month's books have a very festive feel, so this is definitely a very December-y post!In case...
View ArticleMy Year in Books 2020: January
I've decided to carry on with my monthly book review posts (can you believe this is the third year now!). I'm finding it a good way of keeping track of the books I read for pleasure - much more useful...
View ArticleReview: The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel (Told by an Idiot)
Tuesday 4th February 2020HOME, ManchesterI was at HOME, Manchester on Tuesday for the press night of The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel. As Hannah’s Bookshelf is currently on hiatus...
View ArticleMy Year in Books 2020: February
I'm a little bit late posting this one, as we're coming into the second week in March. Oops. But I'm trying to catch up with stuff as best I can! So, it's finally time for my round-up of the books I...
View ArticleMy Year in Books 2020: March
So... this post is a little late, and a little short. I probably don't need to explain why, do I? Looking at social media, it seems lots of people have been reading loads during the coronavirus...
View ArticleMy Year in Books 2020: April
Time for my monthly round-up of the books I've read. Like last month, I've really struggled to do much reading for pleasure. I read four novels in April, which was one more than last month, but I'm...
View ArticleMy Year in Books 2020: May
It's another short post from me this month. I'm still really struggling to read for pleasure during the lockdown (and, as you'll have seen, I haven't been able to write any other blog posts either). I...
View ArticleMy Year in Books 2020: June
Fingers crossed, I think I might be out of my slump! Hooray! For the first time since the lockdown started, I feel like I've really been able to get back into reading for pleasure. I've read quite a...
View ArticleMy Year in Books 2020: July
Continuing with my monthly round-up of the books I've read for pleasure, and I think I've definitely got out of the slump I've been in. I read more in July than I've been doing, and it's been a bit of...
View ArticleReview: A Small Gathering (Ad Infinitum)
OnlineHOME, Manchester Prior to lockdown, you may remember that I regularly posted theatre reviews on this blog, usually ahead of broadcasting a review of the production on my show, Hannah’s Bookshelf,...
View ArticleReview: Hunting Swans and Laugh Track (JustOut Theatre)
OnlineJustOut Theatre I’m very pleased to be back to reviewing performances again – despite the fact that live theatre is still on hold due to COVID restrictions. In this post, I’m going to be...
View ArticleReview: A is for… and Accident of Birth (JustOut Theatre)
OnlineJustOut Theatre In this post, I’m going to be reviewing two more radio plays by JustOut Theatre Company: A is for… and Accident of Birth. I’m going to be broadcasting the radio version of these...
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