August 1, 2017 Questions for Louise Welsh about Plague Times Trilogy Questions by Annabel Annabel: When you began writing these books, had you already planned a trilogy? Had you ever thought that A Lovely Way to Burn could…
August 1, 2017 No Dominion by Louise Welsh Reviewed by Annabel No Dominion is the concluding part of Louise Welsh’s Plague Times Trilogy – a dystopian tale of a pandemic and its…
May 18, 2017 The End We Start From by Megan Hunter Reviewed by Lucy Unwin The first thing to say about The End We Start From is it’s not a standard book of fictional prose. The story…
April 8, 2016 Nod by Adrian Barnes Reviewed by David Harris At first sight this book is (post)apocalyptic fiction in the classic vein, meaning, of course, John Wyndham. We are introduced…
January 14, 2016 Death is a Welcome Guest by Louise Welsh Paperback review by Annabel Most trilogies are strictly sequential, one volume carrying on from another. Louise Welsh’s ‘Plague Times’ trilogy is slightly different (so…
October 15, 2014 Desperate Games by Pierre Boulle Translated by David Carter Review by Annabel Gaskell While Desperate Games is not a great work of literature, it is a book that is BIG on…