Promo Video for Another Life
I am delighted with this video, created by my publisher, Burton Mayers Books for my speculative fiction novel, Another Life, available in Essex from Wivenhoe Books, Maldon Books, Red Lion Books and from all good booksellers worldwide and online. more…
The Quay Brothers
One of the scenes in my novel Another Life describes watching an animated film, produced by students in a stop-motion format at an open-air screening in the rain. I envisaged and built the script for the film in my mind, greatly influenced by the work of the Quay Brothers, American identical twins working in London. […] more…
Doe Ye Nexte Thynge
I felt compelled to investigate the origin of this inscription over the fireplace of a bedroom in the Swan Hotel, Southwold. I discovered that it was the title of a poem by Minnie E Paull, an American writer, musician and minister’s wife. The poem, first published in 1897, claims the origin to be Saxon. The […] more…
Underland and the Perils of Caves
My novel, Another Life, is a work of fiction with an invented story and characters, with just a few chapters based on personal experience, including a family visit to a cave system in the South of France. The tour was fully automated; we did not see a single person during the entire time, no doubt […] more…
Three Speculative Fiction Authors Discuss The Genre
Tune in to a studio discussion of speculative fiction writing with authors Owen W Knight, Matt Adcock and Nicholas Fearn 4pm this Sunday 20th September on https://www.northhertsfm.com/the-book-programme-s2 Out of this world! Burton Mayers Books more…
The Green Man Appears in Many Forms
I have discussed in earlier posts how the expressions of English representations of the Green Man changed over the centuries. They were sculpted at their jovial peak from around 1300, before declining through merry, smiling, serene, worried, distressed, tormented and finally to resignation. A distinctly menacing image can be found in Bamberg Cathedral, Germany, supporting […] more…