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- What’s New for the 16th of August: Deborah Grabien’s music criticism essays; new Americana and jazz, and some music for the Dog Days of Summer
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Strangeness
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- What’s New for the 26th of July: Witches in fiction, both books and film; an Americana reissue and some music on a smoky theme
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
Category Archives: Books
Lisa Goldstein’s Walking the Labyrinth
Marian McHugh wrote this review. Molly Travers leads a simple life. She works for a temp agency; she has a friend who looks after her, Robyn Ann; and then there is Peter, a freelance journalist and the man she loves, … Continue reading
Lisa Goldstein’s Dark Cities Underground
Marian McHugh wrote this review. Dark Cities Underground is a story of what ifs. What if Alice in Wonderland was a true story, but rather than Lewis Carroll being the originator it was really Alice Liddell who experienced the adventure … Continue reading
Rosemary Sutcliff’s Sword at Sunset
Eric Eller wrote this review. Many authors have reinvented the legend of King Arthur, but the gritty realism and emotional power of Rosemary Sutcliff’s writing places Sword at Sunset in a place of its own. Sutcliff was the first author … Continue reading
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Tagged historical fiction, Young Adult fiction
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Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical fiction: An omnibus review
The Eagle of the Ninth (Oxford University Press, 2000) The Silver Branch (Oxford University Press, 2001) Frontier Wolf (Puffin Books, 1984) The Lantern Bearers (Oxford University Press, 2001) Dawn Wind (Puffin Books, 1982) Eric Eller wrote this omnibus review. Compelling … Continue reading
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Tagged historical fiction, Young Adult fiction
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Karl Wagner’s Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane
Long, long ago, in a world far more uptight about hem lines and shirt collars than we are today, Karl Wagner’s Kane joined the ranks of timeless heroes Conan and Fafhrd on the printed page. Fans of Robert E. Howard … Continue reading
R F Kuang’s Babel
R F Kuang’s Babel is an audacious and unrelenting look at colonialism, seen through the lens of an alternate 19th century Britain where translation is the key to magic. Kuang’s novel is as sharp and perceptive as it is well written and … Continue reading
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Tagged babel, Paul Weimer, r f kuang, speculative fiction
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“Lideric” a short story by Jennifer Stevenson
BLURB MATERIAL: The author is indebted to Valya Lupescu and Madeline Carol Matz for introduction to their notions of house spirit. She took some liberties with their idea, blended them with a Roumanian sex demon, stirred, popped it all in … Continue reading
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Tagged daycare, fantasy, Ghost, Roumanian house spirit
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Mike Scott’s Adventures of a Waterboy
The moment I opened this book about Mike Scott and started reading it was when I first realized that it was a memoir. And if you’ve read many musicians’ autobiographies, you’ll know why my heart sank. “Oh, great, another slog … Continue reading
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Tagged memoir, rock and roll, The Waterboys, world music
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James Kestrel’s The Five Decembers
James Kestrel’s The Five Decembers is a fascinating noir detective story intersecting with the war story. From a proven writer and featuring a great assortment of mystery and action, it represents an excellent new work in the historical crime genre. … Continue reading
M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green’s Down The Hatch
M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green’s Down The Hatch is the 32nd book in the Agatha Raisin series. It also represents one of the first pieces of Beaton’s work published after the unfortunate passing of a part of that pseudonym. With successful … Continue reading