Cathy is a scriptwriter, poet and journalist. She also lectures in creative writing. Username or Email Address The Haunting of Hill House: Review The simplicity of the story The Haunting of Hill House at the Palace Theatre, Manchester is refreshing.
Growing up with an Agatha Christie fan meant there were well worn copies of her books piled around our home and Hercule Poirot was a regular feature in conversation. So getting to see one of her stories brought to life…
For many, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has a permanent place within the canon of 20th-century American literature. For most, it’s hailed as a masterpiece, a literary work readers revere and authors aspire to create. However, for a once-local cat…
Jonathan Bailey as Dracula, Jonathan Groff reading the history of Follies, let these Broadway stars tell a story in your ear. November 04, 2026 By Margaret Hall As the air gets colder and the sunlight hours wane, you may find yourself reaching…
We're definitely getting more Reacher, but what about his pal Neagley? It's not any sort of particular surprise that Amazon would want to continue being in the Reacher business, since the Alan Ritchson series has been among the streamer's biggest…
The Caffeinated Book Club of Chestnut Street Performs the U.S. Constitution Get in on the action when a funny, opinionated bunch of book club members confronts the contradictions of American democracy in The Caffeinated Book Club of Chestnut Street Performs the…
Crime Fiction Lover The Voices of the Dead by Nicola Upson Across nearly 20 years and 12 novels, Nicola Upson has been entertaining us with her Josephine Tey novels. It must be one of the finest crime series going that has a…
How Dracula continues to slake our thirst for terror Although scholarly interpretations of Dracula see the novel as a fearful embodiment of some pressing threat in the Victorian consciousness, in some ways—be it sexual, economic, colonial, or gendered—Count…
Liverpool Book Festival Christmas Special is just days away — taking place at BoxPark on Sunday, 15 November. The event is an opportunity to buy books and bookish presents for Christmas and will feature 60+ authors selling their books, special guests, artisan stalls,…
The novel opens with the line: “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.” It introduces many questions; above all, what constitutes absolute reality? The novel presents this question throughout in a variety…
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