Happy Birthday, Clive Barker

Philip HarrisAuthors, Books

I first encountered Clive Barker’s writing when I read Cabal. It was the second horror novel I’d read, the first being Barbara Hambly’s Immortal Blood (known as Those Who Hunt the Night outside of … Read More

Graham Joyce

Philip HarrisAuthors

I was saddened to hear today that British author, Graham Joyce, has died of cancer. I’ve been reading a few of his blog posts this evening and the last one is even … Read More

Pennsylvania Book Bomb

Philip HarrisAuthors, Books

Today is Pennsylvania book bomb day. That’s nice. What’s a book bomb? Well, it’s a concerted effort to sell as many copies of a book as possible in a single day – usually launch … Read More

Lost Souls

Philip HarrisAuthors, Books

Every reader a book that really speaks to them, mine is Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite. I read Lost Souls right in the middle of my goth/horror phase – it was the … Read More

Dust

Philip HarrisAuthors, Books

Dust by Hugh Howey

The third book in Hugh Howey’s Silo Series, Dust, was released today. The first book in the series, Wool, began life as a fantastic short story that Hugh self-published at … Read More

Following Neil

Philip HarrisAuthors, Events

When I posted on Facebook that I had tickets to see Neil Gaiman, one of my friends commented “Isn’t Neil Gaiman an author?” to which I replied “Yes, but he’s … Read More

Today

Philip HarrisAuthors

Neil Gaiman is coming to Vancouver today. I have tickets. That is all.

Sword of the Ronin

Philip HarrisAuthors, Books

Travis Heermann’s new book Sword of the Ronin launched last weekend. I backed Travis’ Kickstarter for this and ended up proofreading the book as well. This is what I posted about the … Read More