Right now I’m up to my neck going through edits of my novella SUBMERGED CITY which is part of Aussie Speculative Fiction’s Drowned Earth series. “So what is Drowned Earth?” You’re thinking. “Sounds wet.” You’d be right. After the ASF brains trust published BEGINNINGS, their first anthology, they decided they wanted to do something different.Continue reading “Drowned Earth Update”
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Book Review: BURN
I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into when I picked up Keri Arthur’s BURN. Arthur is the author of many books, but this is the first that I’ve had the pleasure to read, and it is Book Three of her Kingdom of Earth and Air series. At the beginning we find that theContinue reading “Book Review: BURN”
Mid-year Update
July is the halfway point of the year, so I thought I’d share what’s been happening, and what I’m looking forward to in the second half of the year. As you may know, I’ve been posting reviews of all the Spec Fic books I read by Aussie authors, so what’s coming up on by TBRContinue reading “Mid-year Update”
Book Review: THE HILLS OF THE MOON
Carleton Chinner’s debut novel ‘THE HILLS OF MARE IMBRIUM’ has very recently been re-released with a new cover and title, ‘THE HILLS OF THE MOON.’ Jonah is on a mission to spread his brother’s ashes on the moon’s surface and if he can, he’d like to get a job working the Helium mines from Chang’eContinue reading “Book Review: THE HILLS OF THE MOON”
A Family Thing
In this blog, I would like to introduce you to my great grandfather’s brother, the writer, political activist and priest, Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852 – 1913) – also known as Canon Sheehan. He was born in Mallow, County Cork, and became Parish Priest of Doneraile in 1895. So why am I talking about this distantContinue reading “A Family Thing”
Book Review: EON
Welcome to my book review of Alison Goodman’s EON. This book was really impressive – a young, crippled boy with a big secret is trying to defy the odds and be selected by the rat dragon as the next Dragoneye. His household, his master, and his own future all depend on his success. And againstContinue reading “Book Review: EON”
My Twenty Favourite Books from 2018 (Part Two)
Welcome to Part Two of My Favourite Reads of 2018 (You can catch up on part One here). This is the Top Ten – the books I loved the most out of everything I read in 2018! 10 WAKE IN FRIGHT – Kenneth Cook, 1961.Kenneth Cook’s 1961 novel WAKE IN FRIGHT is a wonderful andContinue reading “My Twenty Favourite Books from 2018 (Part Two)”
Book Review: FOUR DEAD QUEENS
Welcome to my review of FOUR DEAD QUEENS by Astrid Scholte. FOUR DEAD QUEENS. It’s the story of a young thief. It’s the story of Quadaria. The dipper, Keralie, steals a case containing valuable memory chips, a Eonist technology where people can give their memories to another. At gunpoint, caught in a trap between herContinue reading “Book Review: FOUR DEAD QUEENS”
My Twenty Favourite Books from 2018 (Part One)
In 2017 I read 52 books as part of the Popsugar Reading Challenge, and shared my top twenty here (part one) and here (part two). If you read through, you might notice the majority of those books are over twenty years old and were written by white men. Since then, I’ve been challenging myself toContinue reading “My Twenty Favourite Books from 2018 (Part One)”
Book Review: DEVOURING DARK
Alan Baxter’s DEVOURING DARK is a riveting tale of crime, guilt, death and punishment, set in London’s urban sprawl. Matt McLeod is a Scot who works in a factory, and his small guilt-wracked body contains a darkness, the power of death itself. He can choose to kill with a touch, and is on a pathContinue reading “Book Review: DEVOURING DARK”
Austin P. Sheehan 