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Doug ‘Troubadour’ Johnstone is an author on the rise. You may know his name from his novels Hit & Run, Smokeheads, The Ossians, or even his debut Tombstoning. Or perhaps from his journalistic work for the Big Issue or The List. Gone Again is his latest hit novel, published by Faber & Faber in trade […]
Griff Williams, avid videogamer and creative writer of stuff, casts his probing eye on the recent PlayStation 4 news… Andy Jamieson, Editor Well, the latest generation of the Console Wars is drawing to a close, and the more I look back upon it the closer I come to the unhappy conclusion that the […]
Axel Scheffler was third choice illustrator for his initial debut collaboration with Julia Donaldson, back in 1993. Twenty years on it has proved a successful creative partnership that has resulted in such classics as The Gruffalo, and its sequel (both successfully animated for the small screen, by Magic Light Pictures), Stick Man, Room On […]
So, it’s been officially confirmed. After months of feverish speculation, J.J. Abrams has been named as the director of Disney’s new instalment in the Star Wars franchise, due for release in 2015. When the possibility of Abrams’ appointment first came to light, myriad newspapers and webzines started spewing forth opinion pieces offering in-depth analyses of […]
Back in 1990, prolific writer/director Clive Barker’s Nightbreed was released in cinemas to little critical or commercial success. Some blamed the bizarre tone of the movie; Barker, a noted horror writer, had created in Nightbreed – an adaptation of his novel Cabal – a fantastical romance, with the emphasis firmly on action and adventure rather […]
Alan Moore is better known as the visionary writer of such comic book classics as Watchmen and V for Vendetta, but he’s recently turned his hand to scripting short films in collaboration with director Mitch Jenkins, the latest of which – Jimmy’s End – is now available to view online. Given Moore’s much-publicised disgust with […]