by lauralizbuckley | 31 Aug, 2019 | Book Reviews
It felt a little odd to be reading this book some twenty-five years after its initial publication. Barack Obama wrote Dreams From My Father after having been elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, and it was republished in 2004 after he won the...
by lauralizbuckley | 27 Aug, 2019 | Author Interviews
I’ve had a few people ask for my take on self-publishing. Although I don’t have personal experience to speak from, it’s an area I’m interested in. And as a writer and editor myself, I feel like this is an area I should make some effort to understand! So I...
by lauralizbuckley | 24 Aug, 2019 | Book Reviews
Essun has found herself somewhere safe, or as close to it as one can get at the end of the world, but she still hasn’t done the one thing she set out to: find her daughter. Unfortunately, it looks like that goal is going to have to wait, while Essun deals with one...
by lauralizbuckley | 17 Aug, 2019 | Book Reviews
Mae Martin—stand-up comedian, Bette Midler enthusiast and chronic over-sharer—sets out on a tour of sexuality, discussing a wide range of topics and definitions. In between personal anecdotes, quotes from friends and the opinions of experts, Martin covers basically...
by lauralizbuckley | 10 Aug, 2019 | Book Reviews
Binding is a mysterious art, considered dangerous witchcraft by many, including Emmet’s family. But when a letter arrives summoning Emmet to begin an apprenticeship with a Bookbinder, to learn the craft, he isn’t given a choice in the matter. He will go, willing or...
by lauralizbuckley | 27 Jul, 2019 | Book Reviews
Toxic Nursery is a semi-autobiographical exploration of dissociative identity disorder, a dizzying free-fall through memories and alternate selves told in something halfway between poetry and prose. It’s difficult in some ways to work out what to say about this book,...
