Book Reviews
Cornwall Secret and Hidden book review by Linda Camidge
Cornwall Secret and Hidden book review by Linda Camidge: well-paced and assured reveals often notable for physicality and visual strength
Tragedy
Genre: Tragedy
Book Reviews
Cornwall Secret and Hidden book review by Gray Lightfoot
The Cornwall Secret and Hidden book review by Gray Lightfoot gives an overview of the short stories and a deeper dive into his favourites.
Cornish Writers
Philip S Rollason
Beats of a modern Jazz solo, somehow finding a scattered rhythm, the edges of blades cutting into the earth. Starting out of sequence, the order somehow switching back on itself, finding its beginning, and, as the thud thud thud chopped about the trees, the three of them cut down through roots and earth, heaping nature’s spoils to the side.
Book Readings
A Reading from ‘Look Up’ by Kate Barden
‘She couldn’t pull the thin blanket up to snuggle down as it was gripping the far end of the bed with all its might.’
Cornish Short Stories
The Cabin by Anita Hunt
Aimee needs a place to hide.
A secret place where he can’t find her …
Book Readings
A Reading from The Cabin by Anita Hunt
The path gradually opened out into a clearing. An old wooden cabin … stood forlornly in the centre …
Cornish Writers
Anita Hunt
Anita Hunt has written the Memory Sessions, she is a published poet, published theatre reviewer and is writing her first novel – ‘Behind the Curtain’.
Cornish Books
Cornwall Secret and Hidden
Cornwall Secret and Hidden by Cornwall Writers is an eclectic collection of short stories written by authors in Cornwall.
Cornish Short Stories
Look Up by Kate Barden
The castle was built on a granite crag that rose out of the sea. Within twenty minutes of leaving the beach, they were circling its island. Tracey’s voice washed forward and backward, knowledgeable, and if one could hear her properly, it was probably very interesting.’ …seals, dolphins, sunfish…’…..’ …Norman Conquest… Benedictine monks…’
But Amelie’s attention had been grabbed by something else, something other than the history lesson being delivered in the round Cornish accent.
Cornish Writers
Claudia Loveland
Claudia Loveland writes short stories, in various shapes and formats. Her Cornish stories are set within the last century and explore the experiences of newcomers and returners: those who want to lose their history or redesign their future. Some might not want to be here at all.
She loves surprises and humour, though heartbreak often threatens.
Book Readings
A reading from Waiting by Anita Hunt
“It was far too dangerous for him to be at the beach at this hour. The night was his cover and the incoming tide his
Cornish Books
Cornwall: Misfits, Curiosities and Legends by Cornwall Writers
Cornwall: Misfits, Curiosities and Legends by Cornwall Writers is an eclectic collection of short stories and other scribbles written by authors in Cornwall.
Cornwall Writers
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