Scott Ryan The Last Decade of Cinema Black Chateau Fayetteville Mafia Press, June 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Scott Ryan has a distinct writing style that carries this serious, perceptive and analytical approach to a decade of film with a firm grasp of the need to engageContinue reading “Week beginning 4 March 2026”
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Week beginning 4 March 2026
Scott Ryan The Last Decade of Cinema Black Chateau Fayetteville Mafia Press, June 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Scott Ryan has a distinct writing style that carries this serious, perceptive and analytical approach to a decade of film with a firm grasp of the need to engageContinue reading “Week beginning 4 March 2026”
Week beginning 20 August 2025
Aaron Poochigian Four Walks in Central Park A Poetic Guide to the Park Familius, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I had mixed feelings about the writing style when I began reading Four Walks in Central Park. However, I became captivated by the way in which AaronContinue reading “Week beginning 20 August 2025”
Week beginning 26 July 2023
This week I review another Louise Doughty novel which can now is available for pre-order and will be published on 31 August 2023. Louise Doughty A Bird in Winter Faber and Faber August 2023 When I finished A Bird in Winter I wondered why I had not followed up my recognition upon reading Apple TreeContinue reading “Week beginning 26 July 2023”