Thursday, August 09, 2018

Journey up the Nile, the Egyptian Diary of Marianne Brocklehurst

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Last week, I visited the West Park Museum in Macclesfield as research for my forthcoming Radio 3 documentary, “Victorian Queens of Ancient...
Wednesday, August 08, 2018

The World of Doctor Who

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In shops now, The World of Doctor Who is the latest - and 50th - special edition of Doctor Who Magazine , and examines the past, present...
Saturday, August 04, 2018

The Princess Diarist, by Carrie Fisher

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The friend I borrowed this from got it for Christmas in 2016, and was 33 pages in when news arrived that Carrie Fisher had died. My frien...
Monday, July 30, 2018

Illuminae, by Amie Kaufmann & Jay Kristoff

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This brilliant novel had me hooked from its first pages - in which a school is attacked by a huge spaceship. In the heart of the maelstro...
Monday, July 23, 2018

Doctor Who: The Women Who Lived

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BBC Books have announced an exciting new volume,  Doctor Who: The Women Who Lived , to be published in September. Written by Christel D...
Friday, July 20, 2018

Comics bought from South London Comic & Zine Fair

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As well as handing out copies of our new Bibbly-Bob comic , I bought a bunch of things from the stalls at last weekend's South London C...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

Bibbly-Bob returns

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After its exclusive media launch at the  South London Comic & Zine Fair this afternoon, here is the new Bibbly-Bob the Seal comic ...
Thursday, July 12, 2018

Binti, by Nnedi Okorafor

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I really enjoyed this 90-page science-fiction novella about a girl who runs away from home to go to space university, when her ship is at...
Thursday, July 05, 2018

Eleventh Doctor Chronicles cover

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Our next month is Doctor Who - The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles , with this tremendous cover by Tom Webster: I've written one of th...
Wednesday, July 04, 2018

The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla

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This book of 21 essays is, in the words of the editor's note, "a document of what it means to be a person of colour now." ...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Revisiting Sunnydale: a Buffy podcast

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I was the guest / breakfast of Kahmeela and Marcella on episode 77 of the Revisiting Sunnydale podcast , for a lively natter about my bo...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Apollo, by Fitch, Baker and Collins

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This new graphic novel about the Apollo 11 Moon landing is illustrated by Mike Collins who a) shares his name with the Command Module pi...
Monday, June 18, 2018

The Blunders of Our Governments, by Anthony King & Ivor Crewe

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On 18 July 2017, Lord Horam gave a speech in the House of Lords during a debate on the EUC report Brexit: Trade in Goods . At one point (...
Friday, June 15, 2018

The Essential Doctor Who - Adventures in the Future

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Out now, the super splendid  Essential Doctor Who - Adventures in the Future (from the makers of Doctor Who Magazine ) has a couple of t...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

The Deep, by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer

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Recording here each book I finish reading, I've skipped the stuff read to my children because the Dr does shifts with bedtime books s...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Doctor Who and the Top of the Tree

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Big Finish have announced details of The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles , including one by me: The Top of the Tree by Simon Guerrier &quo...
Thursday, June 07, 2018

The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún vol 1, by Nagabe

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The nice people at Gosh! recommended this when I said I was after something to intrigue the Lord of Chaos, in our efforts to get him to ...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

The Shed

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It has taken months and been painfully more expensive than expected, but I now have a shed/office up and running, and my daughter no longer...