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Competition – Win Juggernaut by Adam Baker
Juggernaut by Adam Baker is published by Hodder & Stoughton and will be released on Thursday 16th February in the UK. Fancy winning yourself a copy? Of course you do. Well it's all terribly easy. Simple follow the instructions below.
All you have to do is copy and paste the text below into a tweet . All those that post the tweet will be entered into a draw and 1 lucky winner will picked at random.
Please tweet the following text by 9pm Friday 10th February:
Follow @TheEloquentPage Read more [...]
Upcoming Titles from Anarchy Books
The following press release dropped into my mailbox today and as I've enjoyed and reviewed a couple of Anarchy Books previous releases I thought I woud pass this info on.
ANARCHY BOOKS PRESS RELEASE
Saturday 19th November is a date for your diaries, with Anarchy Books releasing not one wholesome SF novel, but two!
First comes New York Nights by SF Heavyweight, Eric Brown.
"New York 2040 is a city of the lost. So, a good place to work in Missing Persons. But business is not so good that Read more [...]
Anarchy Books Short Story Competition
Jordan Reyne, New Zealand's premiere
bloodthirsty Celtic rock and machine sounds superhero,
has teamed up with Anarchy Books to bring you a dazzling
short story writing competition!
Jordan Reyne's new album, Children of a Factory Nation, is being released September 2011 and follows a family who lived in Wales in the late 1800s during the Industrial Revolution. Like many alive in their time, they faced problems relating to difficult working conditions, poverty, Read more [...]
Confessions of an Alt.Fiction Virgin
Regular visitors to the this site will know that I tend to stick to just book reviews and nothing else but last weekend I had the opportunity to spend a day at Alt.Fiction for the first time ever. As it is book related, I thought it would be fun to share some of my experiences.
Now in its fifth year, this is the first time that the convention has been spread over an entire weekend. Like the huge coward that I am I decided I would just go on the Saturday. Then if it was terrible and/or I made a Read more [...]
Why We Need To Save Our Libraries
Thanks to MadNad for taking the time to sit down and write an article that puts a personal face on the proposed library closures across the UK.
Once upon a time, in a land far far away, was a girl who was severely depressed and lonely after a relationship had failed. She lived in a new town, with no friends, and was then made redundant. Her home had halved in value, yet the mortgage payments had doubled. It was a tough time for our heroine, and money was scarce, but then she stumbled into the Read more [...]
2011 – A Look Ahead
Happy New Year! I hope 2011 finds you and yours well.
A new year can only mean one thing - more books. In an effort to whet your appetite for some of the reviews you can expect to see on the site in the coming months, below are some of the novels I am looking forward to.
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie- Thee Men, One Battle, No Heroes. I'm a huge fan of Abercrombie's previous novels. I like his down and dirty take on the fantasy genre. I also just learned that he is doing a book signing in my Read more [...]
Books of the Year – 2010 Edition
I'm very lucky in that I have had the chance to read some excellent novels in the past twelve months. I also took the plunge and launched The Eloquent Page back in July so I thought that now we are creeping towards the end of 2010 I would take the opportunity to reveal my literary highlights of the year. Not all of the books listed below were published in 2010 but I read them this year so as far as I'm concerned that meets my flimsy attempt at criteria. The books that I have reviewed on the site Read more [...]
Dark Fiction – Twelve Days Anthology
As a festive treat Dark Fiction magazine has produced an audio anthology based on the twelve days of Christmas. In a moment of madness I offered to help out, little realising my offer would be accepted, and recorded the marvelous story Five Gold Rings by Peter Morrison. The entire anthology can be found here for free.
Feed Me – the Best of RSS
This week's book review has been delayed due to circumstances outwith my control, lets gloss over the fact that the latest upgrade of my favourite online game was released on Tuesday shall we. While waiting for the review to arrive may I suggest you consider exploring the world of RSS, Really Simple Syndication, feeds. There are so many fantastic websites and blogs out there for the book lover it can be quite a chore to keep track. The good news is that a lot of them now use RSS. Spending a little Read more [...]
Genre Fiction goes Un:Bound
I don't often post anything other than reviews but occasionally I make an exception to that rule. There are a plethora of fantastic genre fiction review blogs and websites out there and one of my personal favourites is Un:Bound. On the 6th December the plucky bunch that run the site, the theme to The A-Team is playing in my head now, are branching out into the realm of online video. Check out the official press release below.
This winter, internet TV will finally be Un:Bound
Un:Bound Video Read more [...]
Zombie Appreciation Month – In Conclusion
Zombie Appreciation Month has been my first attempt to focus on a particular theme. I wasn't sure if I would enjoy the experience or not. I have to admit, I was concerned about spending an entire month reading about only one subject. It turns out my fears were groundless
The novels that I have read this month have covered the full gamut of emotions. From the upbeat detective fun of Nekropolis to the gut wrenching fear of Zombie Apocalypse!
Everything I've read has brought something new to the Read more [...]