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Monday, 12th March 2012
My poetry publisher Lapwing’s Dennis Greig always has heartfelt and well informed things to say about being a small publisher these days. Here are an extract from his ‘state of the... (read more)
Wednesday, 15th February 2012
NEW DATES for our Bermondsey writing group: at 1.30pm on Sunday 4 March it's show time in south London's best indie bookshop ... (read more)
Wednesday, 15th February 2012
'The difference between ebooks and the internet is minimal, and we should be glad the two are growing... (read more)
Tuesday, 14th February 2012
It's this weekend! The Churchill College writing group is starting again THIS SATURDAY for 4 Saturdays in the Bevin Room, 2 - 4pm. We'll be scribbling, listening to each other read and... (read more)
Tuesday, 14th February 2012
I’ve been doing some hospital visiting lately and have noticed that real books, the ones where you feel the pages, are uniquely able to heal people. A particular edition of a book carries... (read more)
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'On the face of it, scriptural exegesis looks like pretty unpromising
material but, in the hands of debut novelist Rosemary Furber, it is transformed
into the basis for a gripping, plausible and beautifully written literary thriller.
Half-arsed journalist and heavy-metal nerd Patrick Price-Johnson is on
remand for the rape and murder of a woman priest. His story begins with a mundane
assignment for a local newspaper, but he soon finds himself manipulated
into detective work concerning the doctrine of Midrash in order to uncover a
Church of England scandal. This small book is nuanced, complex and wide-ranging,
taking in love, hypocrisy, despair and faith. The lyrics to songs by the
made-up heavy metal band Sword Rampant (such is Furber's attention to
detail that the group has its own website)a re worthy of Spinal Tap.' - Laura Wilson, The Guardian.
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'I looked over at her lying on the bed. At the elegant way her spine curved from the dress at her waist down to the divide of her beautiful arse.I decided to kiss her again. You won't bite me now, Helen, I thought. I'm going to kiss you, and you won't bite me again.'
Patrick Price-Johnson is on remand for the murder and intimate assault of a woman priest. His story begins with a mundane article for a local newspaper but when girlfriend Julia gets involved the stakes are raised. It's a journey that will drag him through fear, hypocrisy and despair to the darker side of love and faith and a sad question: is unrequited love the only love that lasts?
'Very wicked and beautifully written' - Maureen Freely
'A smart, surprising and eminently readable literary thriller' - Patrick Neate
'Intelligent, witty and sexy' - Caro Fraser (author of the Caper Court mysteries)
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Sweet Seventeens - a hand-bound pamphlet of tiny poems published by Lapwing in Belfast (Dec. 2010). |
Rosemary's ghost novel set in Greenwich and Blackheath (Wolfhound Press, 2005). |
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