My O.W.L Readathon 2020 wrap-up – 12 books, 12 reviews
I tackled a Harry Potter themed readathon that I've been dying to try for ages.
Something to Proof – A Keyflame short story
“Okay Fatso, we’ve got an hour to pull this off.” The cat looks up at me with his tongue out, caught mid-bath, his leg pointing delicately towards the front door. I press down…
Creating Keyflame’s cover
Creating Keyflame’s cover was a journey almost as long as writing Keyflame itself. When I decided to publish Keyflame via Amazon back in 2010, it was more whim than business decision. I didn’t…
Which Daughter of Smoke and Bone cover do you prefer?
Who knew Daughter of Smoke and Bone had so many different covers?
Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo (Review)
Like all Bardugo's books, Ninth House is ultimately a story about privilege, identity, and the bonds that can be formed in adversary.
How much of Keyflame is real?
I lived in Grahamstown for four years while studying Journalism at Rhodes University. I loved my time there more than words can say, but in my final year I tried to find some…
Year in books – Mini reviews of everything I read in 2019
Reflecting back on the year through the books I read.
Call Down the Hawk – Maggie Stiefvater (Review)
Call Down the Hawk is part one in a new trilogy that takes place after Maggie Stiefvater’s quadrilogy, The Raven Cycle. You can read Call Down the Hawk without having read The Raven…
10 Things you may not know about Maggie Stiefvater
When I love an author, I want to know all about them. I tend to read all the back-matter in their novels, scour the internet for interviews and go back far too many…
Author interview: Sian B. Claven
This month’s featured author is Sian Claven. Find out about her novel Bullseye and her inspiration below. What is your writing and publishing process like? I must first have a cover. Yes,…
