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Review: Dear People of No Colour (Abbey Theatre/Esosa Ighodaro)
OnlineHOME, Manchester In this post, I’m going to be returning to my blog and radio reviews of the Homemakers series of commissions from Home, Manchester, a programme of digitally-accessible creative...
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My Year in Books 2021: March
Well... this is definitely a longer post than last month's! I've read a few more novels this month than in February, mostly due to me finding a new series I like and binge-reading most of it. So here...
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My Year in Books 2021: April
Time for my monthly blog post about the books I've read for pleasure recently. It's not a bad sized list (though not my longest), but sadly there was really only one standout book this time. In case...
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OUT NOW: The Fourth BHF Book of Horror Stories, ed. by Darrell Buxton (BHF...
A new collection of short stories inspired by British horror films, including 'Delivery' by yours truly... The moon is full... the witching hour approaches... time to devour sacrificial offerings anew!...
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The May 2021 issue of Fantastika Journal is out now.Editorials: The Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow: Practising the ImpossibleRob MaslenArticles:'All of her made part...
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My Year in Books 2021: May
Time for my monthly mini-reviews round-up post, and I'm afraid it's another short one. This month has flown by, and I just don't seem to have had much time for reading (outside the books that I read...
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My Year in Books 2021: June
Time for my monthly round-up of the books I read for pleasure last month. Only three books on this list this time. I am about two-thirds of the way through a book I'm really enjoying, but I didn't...
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Review: The Global Playground (Theatre-Rites, Manchester International Festival)
Sunday 4th July 2021Manchester International FestivalGreat Northern Warehouse On Sunday 4th July, I was at Great Northern Warehouse to watch The Global Playground by Theatre-Rites, one of the shows at...
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My Year in Books 2021: July
Time for my monthly round-up of the books I've read for pleasure recently, and once again it's a short post. My to-read pile is getting dangerously tall, so hopefully I'll be able to catch-up a bit and...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 1: Death Out of Season by Mary Barrett
On my mystery (birthday) themed episode of Hannah's Bookshelf on North Manchester FM earlier this month, I talked about an 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents...' book called Stories to be Read With the Lights...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 2: Witness in the Dark by Fredric Brown
I'm continuing with my reread of Stories to be Read with Lights On today. As I said in the previous post, I don't think I'm going to be doing a story-a-day reread, but just story-by-story as and when I...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 3: Shadows on the Road by Robert Colby
Onto the third story in my Stories to be Read with the Lights On reread then... I didn't get as much of a wave of nostalgia with this one as with the previous one, but I definitely remember reading it...
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My Year in Books 2021: August
Time for my monthly round-up of the books I've read for fun recently. Once again, it's not a long post - most of the things I read in August were for review (though many of them were fun as well, of...
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Review: Subdural Hematoma (Eleanor May Blackburn, GM Fringe)
Friday 3rd September 2021Salford Arts Theatre The 2021 Greater Manchester Fringe Festival began on Wednesday 1st September and runs until Thursday 30th September. After the tribulations of 2020, it’s...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 4: Mr Mappin Forecloses by Zena Collier
Continuing with the fourth story in my Stories to be Read with the Lights On reread... And at first glance... I didn't remember anything at all about this story! However, when we started to get to the...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 5: Granny by Ron Goulart
The next story in my Stories to be Read with the Lights On reread is 'Granny' by Ron Goulart. This one felt familiar from the first sentence, though I couldn't (initially) remember anything about what...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 6: The Landlady by Roald Dahl
This next story should need no introduction... it's 'The Landlady' by Roald Dahl! If you heard me talk about the book on my radio show, then you'll know that this short story is the clearest (and...
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3 Minute Scares is back for its sixth sinister year!
North Manchester FM's Halloween creative writing competition is open for submissions for 2021.North Manchester FM's Hannah Kate wants your scary stories for Halloween! She’s asking people throughout...
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Review: Your Playground Voice is Gone (Libby Hall, GM Fringe)
Saturday 11th September 2021Salford Arts Theatre This year’s Greater Manchester Fringe runs from 1st-30th September, and I’m reviewing a selection of the shows on this year’s programme for this blog...
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Review: Failure Studies (Precarious Theatre, GM Fringe)
Sunday 12th September 2021King’s Arms Theatre, Salford The Greater Manchester Fringe continues throughout September, and I’m continuing to review a selection from the programme on this blog and on...
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