Charlotte Bond
Author, Editor and Podcaster
Charlotte Bond
Author, Editor and Podcaster
Today is William Shatner’s birthday and so has been honorarily named Talk Like William Shatner Day. Connoisseurs of diary dates will know there there is a Talk Like A Pirate Day and also a Talk Like William Shakespeare Day, but such figures are internationally and historically recognised. Shatner is just one man, yet his voice has its own day. Why? Because his delivery is distinctive and, whilst often mocked, has become a cult classic all by itself.
Read more...2018 is the year of the princess!
Read more...26th February 2018 is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day. In honour of that, I’m releasing a brand new story based on an old German legend.
Read more...2018 is the year of the princess!
Read more...2018 is the year of the princess!
Read more...Over Christmas, plenty of people will have tuned into such BBC highlights as Doctor Who or the new Julia Donaldson adaptation, The Highway Rat. But one thing which might have slipped under the radar is the 2016 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes.
Read more...For Nathan, in return for all the whiskey and gadgets
Read more...Today I am pleased to have Icy Sedgwick guesting on my blog. If you visit her website, there is a free book up for grabs - her five star rated “Harbingers: Dark Tales of Speculative Fiction”.
Read more...Those who read my posts over at Ginger Nuts of Horror will know that I try to be fair in my reviews. I’ve only ever had one book where I was so appalled by the writing that I felt unable to write anything positive in a review. There is usually something of merit in most things. And if you want scathing film reviews, I would suggest checking out the Pop Verse website, run by my Breaking the Glass Slipper co-host, Megan Graeig. That girl does not hold back.
Read more...So, it seems the hassle of present giving spilled over from Christmas into January and February with a slew of family birthdays. I also became a guest blogger over at Jane and Bex’s Book Blog, reviewing two excellent books: the fantastical “Uprooted” by Naomi Novik and the chilling novel “The Ritual” by Adam Nevill.
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