The Hastings Trawler
Set up in 2005 by local people disenchanted with the Council (not unlike HIP a decade later) this magazine spread its literary net far beyond politics to encompass history, poetry, fiction and cartoons. Initially financed by Graham Frost, owner of…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Privatising Justice: The Security Industry,War and Crime Control By Wendy Fitzgibbon and John LeaPublished by Pluto, April 2020, paperback RRP £ By Tim Barton A cartoon potted history might suggest that the nation state evolved directly from ‘the mafia that won’.…
Young writers publish lockdown book to raise charity cash
BY HYW A group of young writers have collaborated with young people in and around Hastings to produce an anthology of stories, poems and lockdown diaries. The group, Hastings Young Writers, has been running since 2018; this is their second…
BOOKBUSTERS REVIEW
Just Transitions:Social Justice in the Shift Towards a Low-Carbon WorldEdited by Edouard Morena, Dunja Krause and Dimitris StevisPublished by Pluto, November 2019, paperback RRP £ Review By Tim Barton Once upon a time, a few months ago (as things are…
HIP READ
Stories for the Mad Volume One Various authors Book review by Elly Gibson Stories for the Mad is the debut short fiction anthology from Moran Press, based just outside Boston USA. It contains 11 carefully selected short stories from contemporary…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
The Deficit Myth:Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better Economy By Stephanie KeltonPublished by John Murray Review by Lee Humphries I’ve been eagerly awaiting Stephanie Kelton’s book The Deficit Myth after watching her talks on YouTube for years.…
Local Author Rides To Success On A Mobility Scooter
Back in HIP 148, Literature reviewer Elly Gibson reviewed Strange Exits from Hastings by local author Helena Wojtczak – and very favourably too. Since then Wojtczak has sold more than 550 copies in four months. “That certainly makes Strange Exits…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Human Kind: A Hopeful HistoryBy Rutger Bregman Published by BloomsburyReview by ‘MW’ Human Kind a Hopeful History, by Rutger Bregman, has been my choice during the quarantine. I find myself in the fortunate number of the furloughed, therefore salaried, at…
HIP Short Story
Night of the Pixie Moon By Jemia De Blondeville i decided some deforestation was urgently needed, during the period of this Super Moon. and set about cutting through the wiry growth, and bramble, using my hand held shearing device. but…
HIP Poetry Read
Of Few Words By Lucas Howard Whisky & Beards PublishingHardback £15 Review by Pete Donohue Dyslexia and Neurodiversity-friendly Poetry Here is a new poetry collection with a distinct difference. Hastings based Lucas Howard, AKA Lucas the peaceful poet, is a…