Glitchcore Bosch Above Côte Brasserie in Kingston upon Thames, overlooking its Riverside Walk, there was for a week in mid-November a very long billboard depicting...
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Saltwash by Andrew Michael Hurley I feel I know the tatty, rundown seaside town of Saltwash. But I don't because it is fictitious. However, there are places such as this only I can't think where, towns that were once grand and popular that have fallen into decay and become out of favour.  Of course, the main reason I feel as if I have been to Saltwash is the power of Hurley's writing, his method of describing a place and the emotions his language evokes. The sounds, the weather - everything makes this place dreary. The [...]
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Wonder by Chris Emery As the title of this book of poems suggests, Wonder is about all things in life that inspire awe, admiration and the unexpected. But the most unexpected thing is that the poems are not all sunny views on the beauty of nature but also about regret, the passing of time, history and the lived experience. The scope is vast. The language and imagery is always powerful, often emotional and intimate. There are many memorable lines, such as 'Stay anywhere long enough, and a world will die,' wh [...]
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The Bookbinder's Secret by A. D. Bell An unusual and captivating story about an apprentice bookbinder in Oxford in 1901.Rare for the times, a young woman builds her trade as a bookbinder while also helping at her father's bookshop. She has a good reputation as a binder and is offered a commission and she comes across a burned book that doesn't seem quite right. On further investigation she discovers a letter stitched in the binding. It is only part of a letter and she guesses that more will be in the other books by this author. And [...]
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