If you live in Edinburgh and have never heard of Transreal Fiction, then consider yourself duly educated, as of right NOW. You are in for a treat. This fantastic bookshop is dedicated to genre fiction – SF, Fantasy, Horror etc. Making it pretty unique amongst Edinburgh bookshops. Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike […]
Peter Wright is the author of Ribbon of Wildness: Discovering the Watershed of Scotland, published by Luath Press, £14.99, out now. What is the Watershed of Scotland? Well imagine you are a raindrop about to land on Scotland – your destiny dear raindrop, is that by bog, burn and river, you will end up […]
The Edinburgh Bookshop, one of Edinburgh’s best kept secrets is 5 today. Congratulations to Malcolm and Vanessa Robertson, the proprietors. To commemorate the event, Dr Seuss’ Cat in the Hat will be entertaining for most of the day, along with various story times, and other such delights. Where: The Edinburgh Bookshop, 219 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, […]
Tron Legacy (OST) by Daft Punk (Walt Disney Records, 2010, CD, out now, £: shop around for a bargain) I remember back in the pre-production phase of Tron Legacy, when it was announced that Daft Punk had been commissioned to do the soundtrack for the film. Part of me felt it was a far too […]
In October I had the opportunity to interview author Joanne Harris. Most of us will know her name due to the Chocolat movie. Of late she has broken into the Young Adult market with her Norse mythology fantasy title, Runemarks (out now, £7.99, published by Corgi). The sequel to that book, Runelight, was released in […]
Last weekend during the Extra Life charity gaming marathon one of the events we did was to play Gears of War 3 co-op campaign on hard-core setting straight through all in one sitting. That took three of us 12 hours and also gave me a very good look at the new Gears. My initial reaction […]