Here’s a long over-due digression: some other newsletters. I had mentioned, waaaaaay back in the day, that one of my January rituals is to revisit my n…
| Nov 6 |
A new research report - Trust: The Truth? - came out last month from Ipsos. I was lucky enough to attend the launch event. There was no red carpet, per…
| Oct 19 |
I’m still trying to decipher the secrets of the universe from the list of Edgar Debuts. (Challenge started here. Update here. Online list is here.) I’v…
| Sep 12 |
A charming coincidence: Lavie Tidhar’s “Bag Man” has been shortlisted for a CWA Dagger - selected as one of the year’s best crime stories. Fantastic ne…
| Jul 26 |
Update on my self-imposed Edgar Debuts reading challenge - I’ve now read 26 of the 74. The list is here. Since the last newsletter, I’ve endured a fair…
| Jul 18 |
From the introduction to The Best of British Fantasy 2018: When starting a new tradition - and I sincerely hope this inaugural volume of The Best of Br…
| Jun 26 |
I’m a very streaky reader. Some of this is due to external circumstances. For example, I’ll be spending the latter half of the year reading anthologies…
| Jun 17 |
It has been a long time since the last newsletter. The drafts folder abounds with half-baked ideas, but none of them have fully risen yet. Instead, som…
| May 17 |
I’m delighted to announce the table of contents for The Best of British Fantasy 2018. The anthology is released in May, from NewCon Publishing, in all …
| Mar 14 |
In Robert Calasso's The Art of the Publisher, the author, the chairman of the lauded Adelphi Edizioni, distills the art of publishing as the quest for …
| Mar 8 |