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Book Thoughts: The Attraction of Physical Bookshops
A recent newsworthy event was that Waterstones, arguably the leading High Street brick-and-mortar bookshop here in the UK was to acquire Foyles, a chain of independent bookshops with a storied history. Ordinarily I would be fairly unimpressed at the homogenisation of the marketplace as I do believe competition fosters the best – indeed, over the…
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The Landlady – Now ready to read!
I’m thrilled to be able to say that I have decided to release a brand new short story here on On Holliday entitled The Landlady – and it’ll be appearing in five segments over the next few days! The Landlady formed part of my Dissertation project at Kingston University – I based the book on the work of one…
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Book Review: Nobody True
It is with some happy coincidence that this is my 200th post on On Holliday! I recall when exactly Nobody True was brought to my attention – my friend and fellow blogger Chris Kenny posted a comment on an Instagram post I’d made. Seeing Nobody True in Waterstones reminded me of his endorsement so I…