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BOOK REVIEW
NO AGA SAGA SUSAN DESROSIERS says the debut novel, Of No Consequence, a tale of modern slavery set in the seamier sides of Hastings should be compulsory reading in secondary…
What are Words Worth?
A closer look at the forthcoming Hastings Book Festival The idea of a book festival can sound a bit stuffy. It is easy to assume a book festival is just…
BOOKBUTER REVIEW
The Solutions Are Already Here By Peter Gelderloos Published by Pluto Press, at £, available at Bookbuster Review by Tim Barton Gelderloos has published a few books. Tellingly, one was…
HIP LIT NEWS
In Love With Hell – Local book launch rescheduled The paperback release of local writer William Palmer’s critically acclaimed In Love With Hell is now to be launched locally at…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Disaster Anarchy By Rhiannon Firth Published by Pluto Press, at £, available at Bookbuster Review by Tim Barton Naomi Klein, in her The Shock Doctrine is paraphrased in the Guardian…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth By James Lovelock Published by Oxford University Press, 1979 REVIEW BY TIM BARTON James Ephraim Lovelock was born in 1919 and died…
Old Town Traders
The Albion Bookshop Des Wilson visits George Street’s chaotically compelling book emporium Hastings must have more than its share of sadists because the best-selling book at the Albion Bookshop is…
Thrillers, Killers, Cats and all That
Advertisement feature: Hastings Book Festival has just announced the line-up for this year and there’s a fantastic and diverse range of events for anyone interested in books or writing. Both…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
The Future is Degrowth By M Schmelzer, A Vetter & A Vansintjan Published by Verso at £, available at Bookbuster Review by Tim Barton In the last Bookbuster review, we…
HIP LIT REVIEW
In Love With Hell Hastings Book Launch for Respected Local Writer Long established writer William Palmer has a string of novels, poetry collections and critical reviews for literary journals under…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Concepts for a Democratic and Ecological Society By Yavor Tarinski Published by Zero Books at £, available at Bookbuster Review by Tim Barton We live in a culture defined by…
HIP POETRY NEWS
From the heart of the revolution: Rojava poet to perform in Hastings By Lee Humphries Next Thursday 21 July, award-winning partisan poet Matt Broomfield will visit Hastings’ St Mary in…
Jeremy Birch celebrated
By Rachel Holtom On Saturday 11 June 2022 an enthusiastic crowd of people gathered in The Stade Hall to remember former Hastings Council leader Jeremy Birch. The event welcomed the…
Hastings Literary Festival rebrands to Hastings Book Festival
The Hastings Literary Festival was founded 2017 as a celebration of the written word under the strapline of “writing for writers”, but provided events catering both for readers and writers…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet By George Monbiot Published by Penguin Books at £20; £18 at Bookbuster Review Patrick Nother According to the King James Authorised Version…
BOOK REVIEW
Imagine a City: A Pilot Sees the World By Mark Vanhoenacker Published by Chatto & Windus, 2022 Non-fiction, Hardback £ Review by Dave Young Part travelogue, part memoir, Mark Vanhoenacker’s…
BOOK REVIEW
Rhode Island Red By Charlotte Carter Republished by Baskerville, 2022Crime fiction, Paperback £ Review by Dave Young If ever there was an underrated literary heroine it is Nanette Hayes, the…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right By Terry Eagleton Published by Verso Books, 2022, paperback, rrp £,available at Bookbuster, 39 Queens Road Review by Tim Barton With our…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Hastings Town Centre Heritage Trail Published by Hastings & St Leonards Society, 2022, pamphlet, rrp £4Available at Bookbuster, 39 Queens Road Review by Tim Barton Sometimes Hastings New Town seems…
HIP LIST NEWS
Silverhill Press Book and Zine Launch Event Local independent publishers Silverhill Press have launched new art books by Julian Anderson, Malcolm Glover, Rod Morris, Stuart Griffiths, Peter Quinnell, Ian Land,…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Winston Churchill: His times, his crimes By Tariq AliPublished by Verso, 2022, hardback, rrp £25Available at Bookbuster, 39 Queens Road Review by Tim Barton ‘A most intolerable ruffian, a disgrace…
HIP LIT NEWS
Real-life drama inspires Hastings crime author’s latest novel Graeme Hampton’s fourth novel in the popular Denning & Fisher crime series is published by Hera Books this month. Run For Cover…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Self and Society Essays by various authors Published by Haus Publishing, 2021, paperback, £ at Bookbuster, 39 Queens Road Review by Tim Barton Here we have a short volume from…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
The Trial of Julian Assange By Nils MelzerPublished by Verso, 2022, hardback, £20 at Bookbuster, 39 Queens Road. Review by Tim Barton In HIP194 Nick Pelling gives a satirical perspective…
HIP LOCAL LIT NEWS: ATownExploresABook22
Choose2bKind Project A Creative Writing Competition By Gail Borrow Kindness is the theme of #ATownExploresABook22’s creative writing competition running 1-31 March 2022. Young writers aged 7-14 years are invited to…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Suburban Socialism (or Barbarism) By Oly Durose Published by Repeater Books, 2022, rrp £ from Bookbuster, Queens Road Review by Tim Barton Here is James Meek, in the London Review…
HIP LOCAL LIT NEWS
Teaching Mr Lear A Feast of Words Local Syrian women write their own book. By Felicity Stephen How to decipher a book of ‘nonsense’ written 150 years ago in a…
HIP POETRY READ
death by the poetry of kindness By Pete Donohue Holy&intoxicated PublicationsSigned limited edition (25) chapbook, £5, €5, $5 REVIEW BY CLAIRE RICHARDSON How do you review poetry? Like many art…
BOOKBUTER REVIEW
Knocking Out My Demons By Paul HugginsPublished by Verite CM, 2021, paperback, £ at Bookbuster, 39 Queens Road. Review by Tim Barton Paul is Hastings born and bred, and pretty…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Edible Plants By Geoff DannPublished by Anthropozoic Books, 2021 softback, £25 rrpAvailable from Bookbuster Books Review by Tim Barton Five years ago Hastings-based Geoff Dann authored Edible Mushrooms: A Forager’s…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Everything, All the Time, Everywhere: How We became Postmodern By Stuart Jeffries Published by Verso, 2021 hardback, £20 rrp Review by Tim Barton Jeffries is not seeking to give a…
Just What is a Poetry Brothel?
An intrepid HIP reporter went to investigate I should admit to being rather a virgin when it comes to Poetry Brothels. To be honest, I had no idea what to…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
COP26 Part 3 Who Owns The Wind? By David McDermott HughesPublished by Verso, 2021 Paperback, £ rrp Review Tim Barton Here we are post-COP26, hopefully angry at the usual greenwash…
HIP CHILDREN’S READ
Carried Away with the CarnivalWritten and illustrated by Ed Boxall Published by Pearbox Press, 2021Paperback picture book, £ full colour pages, Ages 3-8 Hastings-based children’s writer and illustrator Ed Boxall’s…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
COP26 Part 2 Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is not EnoughBy Holly Jean BuckPublished by Verso, 2021 Paperback, £ rrp Review Tim Barton Here is a warning, from Bill…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
COP26 Part 1Losing Earth: The Decade we Could Have Stopped Climate Change By Nathaniel RichPublished by Picador, 2020 Paperback, £ rrp at Bookbusters Review of Tim Barton Put aside the…
HIP POETRY READ
William McGonagall on speed? More Poems From The Boreen By Tom O’BrienPublished by tomtom-theatre, Paperback, £ Review by Pete Donohue Tom O’Brien is an Irish writer, playwright and poet who has…
HIP LIT NEWS
Hastings Lit Fest anthology Literary Festival helps to fast-track new writers into print One of the many successes of this year’s Hastings Literary Festival has been Dateline Hastings: 23-09-21, an…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Fearless Cities Barcelona En Comú Published by New Internationalist, 2019, £ at Bookbusters Review By Tim Barton This great book popped out two years ago, so in effect is ‘new’ thanks…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
The Tyranny of Merit By Michael J SandelPublished by Penguin Books, 2021, £ at Bookbusters Review by Tim Barton This timely book by Harvard professor Michael Sandel gives a complex…