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Adam Atkinson	Nights Out - Tuesday 24th May 05 - Benny Hill Preservation Society By Adam Atkinson	2005/06/06
Alexander Porter	Renegade Writers; A Review of Sorts By Alexander Porter	2003/09/18
Andrew Pearson and Thom Stridd At The Boatshed Hull Marina (show runs from 15th - 20th October) By Michelle Dee	Theatre - Monday 15th October Disposable People A Croft Creative Production By Andrew Pearson and Thom Stridd At The Boatshed Hull Marina (show runs from 15th - 20th October) By Michelle Dee	2007/10/17
Andy Bull Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Strange Angels by Andy Bull Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/03/27
Andy Dykes	Up n Under at Hull Truck Theatre with Cast Interview 23/07/2004 By Andy Dykes	2003/09/18
Andy Dykes	Theatre - Lord Of The Rings The Musical By Andy Dykes	2007/06/03
Andy Dykes	Theatre - Lord Of The Rings The Musical By Andy Dykes	2007/06/03
Annie age 14	The Humber Mouth 2004 Soulskin by Red Ladder Theatre Company Monday 28th June 04 By Annie age 14	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Humber Mouth Diary of Events	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Humber Mouth Diary of Events	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Humber Mouth Diary of Events	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Humber Mouth Hull Truck Press Release	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Michael Gray: Bob Dylan & the poetry of the Blues	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Three Come at Once, Just like Buses	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Doctor in the House? Russell T. Davies	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Complicated, Brilliant, Beautiful, Political: Joan Bakewell at Humber Mouth	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Humber Mouth Press Release	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Theatre Test Tube - Hull Truck Theatre Versus the Silent Majority	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Daphne Glazers The Wardrobe	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Creative Afternoon with the Hull and East Yorkshire MIND	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Readers Day: Jake Arnott, Julia Darling,Patric Gale, James Nash	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Renegade Writers pack the George	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Remedy - Renegade Writers at the George	2003/09/18
Anonymous	BBC Telling Lives Showcase Film Screening	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Warren Center Humber Mouth Opening Event.	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Writers Day:Russell T Davies, Jill Dawson, James Nash, Lee Karen Stow	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Writers Day:Russell T Davies, Jill Dawson, James Nash, Lee Karen Stow	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Humber Mouth Festival Critic: Steven Hall	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Humber Mouth Festival Critic: Steven Hall	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Humber Mouth 2004 Diary of Events	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Fusion at Hull University - 1 March to 1 April	2003/09/18
Anonymous	A Drink With Shane MacGowan	2003/09/18
Anonymous	The Renegade Writers Recommend...Festive Film Releases	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Wednesday 22nd August Off The Road Poetry Performance Music Adelphi Club	2007/09/16
Anonymous	Wednesday 22nd August Off The Road Poetry Performance Music Adelphi Club	2007/09/16
Anonymous	Sunday 19th August 07 - ThereplicagooseEgg support Chris Mayo at Durty Nellys	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights	2003/09/18
Anonymous	Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights	2003/09/18
Arnost Lustig By Steve Rudd	Lovely Green Eyes By Arnost Lustig By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Arnost Lustig By Steve Rudd	Lovely Green Eyes By Arnost Lustig By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Becky Martin	Theatre - The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler at Hull New Theatre By Becky Martin	2007/02/11
Bill Bryson Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Notes From a Small Island By Bill Bryson Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/02/17
Bret Easton Ellis Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Lunar Park By Bret Easton Ellis Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/05/18
Catherine Hartley Reviewed by Steve Rudd	To the Poles Without a Beard by Catherine Hartley Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Cathy Walker	Blackpool Highflyer by Andrew Martin (Faber and Faber Ltd.) Reviewed By Cathy Walker	2005/03/18
Cathy Walker	Goodbye, Hessle Road by Daphne Glazer Reviewed By Cathy Walker	2005/05/14
Cathy Walker	Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear Reviewed By Cathy Walker	2005/04/04
Cathy Walker	I'm a Teacher Get Me Out of Here by Francis Gilbert (Short Books) Reviewed By Cathy Walker	2005/06/07
Cathy Walker	The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Reviewed By Cathy Walker	2005/04/17
Christopher Sandford Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Bowie : Loving The Alien By Christopher Sandford Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/05/22
Cilla	Be My Baby at The Hull Truck Theatre Saturday 12th June By Cilla	2003/09/18
DJ Chris Plant	Meet The Fockers By DJ Chris Plant	2005/02/26
Daniel Chaplin	Games - Mr Smoozles Goes Nutso Reviewed by Daniel Chaplin	2006/12/27
Darren Sant	Top Ten Books By Darren Sant	2003/09/18
Dave Pelzer	A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer	2003/09/18
Dave Pelzer	The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer	2003/09/18
Dave Pelzer	A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer	2003/09/18
David Guterson Reviewed by Steve Rudd	East Of The Mountains By David Guterson Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/01/21
David Peace Reviewed By Nick Quantrill	The Damned United By David Peace Reviewed By Nick Quantrill	2006/09/01
Dirk Snatch	Theatre - October 06 - The Northern Theatre Company - Thoroughly Modern Millie By Dirk Snatch	2006/11/09
Elsie Creek	Up n Under with Talkback at Hull Truck Theatre By Elsie Creek	2003/09/18
Elsie Creek	Simon Armitage at PAVE 22/03/04 by Elsie Creek	2003/09/18
Ernest Hemingway Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Fiesta by Ernest Hemingway Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/07/06
Frederick Forsyth Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/06/14
Gail Anthony	Slack Video at the Lamp - Monday 12th April 04 By Gail Anthony	2003/09/18
Garrison Keillor Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Wobegon Boy by Garrison Keillor Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/11/25
George Pelecanos Reviewed By Nick Quantrill (Available 10th August)	The Night Gardener By George Pelecanos Reviewed By Nick Quantrill (Available 10th August)	2006/08/03
Graham Joyce Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Storm Watcher By Graham Joyce Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/06/06
Gregory Anderson	Films The Dark (15) By Gregory Anderson	2006/04/24
Gregory Anderson	Films Welcome to Silent Hill By Gregory Anderson	2006/05/12
Gregory Anderson	Films An American Haunting (15) By Gregory Anderson	2006/04/26
Jack Kerouac Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/06/08
Jack Kerouac Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Dr. Sax by Jack Kerouac Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/04/10
Jakob Arjouni Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Magic Hoffman by Jakob Arjouni Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/05/07
James Hilton Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Lost Horizon by James Hilton Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
James Russell	Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army. By James Russell	2003/09/18
Jane Foster	The Blockheads New Writing Festival Hull Truck June 23rd Review by Jane Foster	2003/09/18
Jane Foster	The Blockheads New Writing Festival Hull Truck Thursday June 24th Review by Jane Foster	2003/09/18
Jane Foster	Ae Fond Kiss by Ken Loach Reviewed By Jane Foster	2003/09/18
Jane Foster	Theatre - Friday 17th February - The Hull Blokes Present Love - A Night Of Comedy, Drama And Passion at Northern Theatre By Jane Foster	2006/03/11
Jenny Siler Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Flashback By Jenny Siler Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/02/13
Jim Higo	Comedy in Hull - A Ringside Seat - Thursday 2nd February 05 By Jim Higo	2003/09/18
Joe R. Lansdale Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Two-Bear Mambo By Joe R. Lansdale Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/11/27
John Buchan Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/05/27
John Godber Thursday 8th - Saturday 31st July, 8.00pm	Hull Truck Theatre - presents the 20th anniversary production of..Up n Under - Written and directed by John Godber Thursday 8th - Saturday 31st July, 8.00pm	2003/09/18
John Godber Thursday 8th - Saturday 31st July, 8.00pm	Hull Truck Theatre - presents the 20th anniversary production of..Up n Under - Written and directed by John Godber Thursday 8th - Saturday 31st July, 8.00pm	2003/09/18
John Steinbeck Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/03/14
Kevin Maguire	Ian Newton - The Night Shift Reviewed By Kevin Maguire	2006/01/30
Laura Kilvington	Perfume - The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Reviewed By Laura Kilvington	2006/08/25
Laura Kilvington	Humber Mouth 2006 - Saturday 1st July - Germaine Greer at Hull By Laura Kilvington	2006/07/06
Lee Cassanell By Lee Cassanell	Bring me Sunshine - Eternal sunshine of a spotless Mind By Lee Cassanell By Lee Cassanell	2003/09/18
Lee Cassanell	The Humber Mouth 2004 The Blockheads Hull Truck Theatre Tuesday June 22nd New Writing Festival by Lee Cassanell	2003/09/18
Lee Cassanell	Films 300 By Lee Cassanell	2007/03/25
Lee Cassanell	Big Brother Exposed By Lee Cassanell	2003/09/18
Lee Cassanell	Here comes the Bride - Kill Bill Volume 2 By Lee Cassanell	2003/09/18
Lee Cassanell	Are you Passionate? By Lee Cassanell	2003/09/18
Lisa Jewell	A Friend of the Family by Lisa Jewell	2003/09/18
Maggie Hannan	The Humber Mouth By Maggie Hannan	2003/09/18
Mal Williamson, Directed by Mathew Smith	ConPromise by Mal Williamson, Directed by Mathew Smith	2003/09/18
Margaret Atwood Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Surfacing By Margaret Atwood Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/05/16
Mark Haddon Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time By Mark Haddon Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Mark Petherbridge	Harry Potter Series by Mark Petherbridge	2005/10/08
Martin J Deane George Galloway Photographs by Ben Gurevitch	Humber Mouth 2006 - Friday 30th June - Galloway Trucking in Hull By Martin J Deane George Galloway Photographs by Ben Gurevitch	2006/07/05
Martin J Deane	Fahrenheit 911 - Moore heat By Martin J Deane	2003/09/18
Martin J Deane	Humber Mouth 2006 - John Pilger at the Ferens By Martin J Deane	2006/06/26
Michelle Dee	The Humber Mouth 2004 Benedict Allen at Hull Truck Theatre Friday 25th June by Michelle Dee	2003/09/18
Michelle Dee	The Humber Mouth 2004 Sufi Poetry and Music night at the EICH Gallery, 19th June by Michelle Dee	2003/09/18
Michelle Dee	Thursday 20th September - Poetry And Music - ThisisUll At Babylon Bar, Cleethorpes By Michelle Dee	2007/09/26
Michelle Dee	One Man and his Bog - 20 Years of The Adelphi Reviewed By Michelle Dee	2003/09/18
Michelle Dee	Films Kong By Michelle Dee	2006/02/05
Nicholas Boldock	Confessions Of A Hull City Supporter at Hull Truck By Nicholas Boldock	2003/09/18
Nicholas Boldock	Julius Caesar at Hull Truck Wednesday 10th Nov 04 By Nicholas Boldock	2003/09/18
Nicholas Boldock	Julius Caesar at Hull Truck Wednesday 10th Nov 04 By Nicholas Boldock	2003/09/18
Nicholas Boldock	Up n Under at Hull Truck Theatre By Nicholas Boldock	2003/09/18
Nicholas Boldock	Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado at Middleton Hall, Hull University By Nicholas Boldock	2003/09/18
Nicholas Evans Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Loop by Nicholas Evans Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/02/27
Nick Quantrill Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Complicity by Nick Quantrill Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/02/02
Nick Quantrill	Confessions Of A Hull City Supporter at Hull Truck By Nick Quantrill	2003/09/18
Nick Quantrill	Up n Under Hull Truck Theatre 17th July By Nick Quantrill	2003/09/18
Nick Quantrill	Stuart MacBride - Dying Light (HarperCollins) Published 2nd May 2006 Reviewed By Nick Quantrill	2006/04/26
Nick Quantrill	Mark Frankland The Long and Winding Road to Istanbul (Glenmill Books) Reviewed By Nick Quantrill	2006/11/23
Nick Quantrill	Daniel Mayhew - Life and How to Live it (White Horse Publications) Reviewed By Nick Quantrill	2007/04/17
Nick Quantrill	Robert Adams - Antman (Bitterne Books) Reviewed By Nick Quantrill	2006/01/06
Nick Quantrill	Rising To Obscurity and How To Remain Anonymous by AAA Aarbon (Bitterne Books) Reviewed By Nick Quantrill	2006/02/20
Nick Quantrill	Swan Song by Robert Edric Reviewed By Nick Quantrill	2005/06/15
Nick Quantrill	Review of 2003 By Nick Quantrill	2003/09/18
Nick Quantrill	Fields of Gold at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough By Nick Quantrill	2003/09/18
Nick Quantrill	Gaffer! at York Theatre Royal By Nick Quantrill	2003/09/18
Pablo Luis González	Humber Mouth 2006 - Friday 30th June 2006 - Galloway: A Language Of Dissent? A Personal View By Pablo Luis González	2006/07/12
Patrick Henry	Films The Road to Guantanamo, Channel 4, Thursday 9th March 06 By Patrick Henry	2006/04/18
Patrick Henry	Theatre - Northern Broadsides Company at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough - Wars of The Roses by Patrick Henry	2006/07/11
Paul Auster Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/04/18
Paul Genney (Dedalus Books) Reviewed by Nick Quantrill	Pleading Guilty by Paul Genney (Dedalus Books) Reviewed by Nick Quantrill	2007/11/14
Pernille Rygg Reviewed by Steve Rudd	The Butterfly Effect by Pernille Rygg Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Northern Broadsides Company at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough by Patrick Henry	Theatre - September 20 - 25th - The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Northern Broadsides Company at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough by Patrick Henry	2005/10/18
Robert Edric	Cradle Song by Robert Edric	2003/09/18
Ruth Wilson	Five Children and It Reviewed by Ruth Wilson	2003/09/18
Scott Adams Reviewed by Katherine Horrex	God's Debris by Scott Adams Reviewed by Katherine Horrex	2003/09/18
Shelly Dee	Love Actually (15) by Shelly Dee	2003/09/18
Steve Hall	Sun 9th Nov Ibsen vs. Strindberg. By Steve Hall	2003/09/18
Steve Hall	Wed 12th Nov Imetexture . By Steve Hall	2003/09/18
Steve Hall	Thur 13th Pooh Bear Reading Workshop. By Steve Hall	2003/09/18
Steve Hall	Thur 13th Pooh Bear Reading Workshop. By Steve Hall	2003/09/18
Steve Hall	Tue 11th Nov Woza Albert! . By Steve Hall	2003/09/18
Steve Hamilton Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Ice Run by Steve Hamilton Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	The Brooklyn Follies - Paul Auster Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/04/18
Steve Rudd	Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Big Sur by Jack Kerouac By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	A Cold Day In Paradise by Steve Hamilton By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Cold In July by Joe R. Lansdale By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	The Goodbye People by Gavin Lambert By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	The Hard Shoulder by Chris Petit By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Hemingway's Chair by Michael Palin By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Roads by Larry McMurtry By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Running With The Moon by Jonny Bealby By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Silk Dreams, Troubled Road by Jonny Bealby By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	One For New York by John A Williams Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2005/04/11
Steve Rudd	David Bowie: Theatre of Music by Robert Matthew-Walker By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	The Promise of Bruce Springsteen by Eric Alterman. Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2005/11/15
Steve Rudd	Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2005/07/14
Steve Rudd	Down Under by Bill Bryson Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Fury by Salman Rushdie Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2005/11/03
Steve Rudd	The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	The Hunting Wind by Steve Hamilton Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2005/11/08
Steve Rudd	The Long Rain by Peter Gadol Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2005/05/17
Steve Rudd	Lost Souls by Michael Collins Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2005/10/31
Steve Rudd	The Nineties by John Robb Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2005/11/02
Steve Rudd	Pink by Gus Van Sant Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Book Recommendations by Steve Rudd	2006/02/09
Steve Rudd	Mick Ronson: The Spider with the Platinum Hair by Weird and Gilly Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	The Shark Net by Robert Drewe Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Sitting Up with the Dead by Pamela Petro Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	The Beach by Alex Garland Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	The Body by Hanif Kureishi Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Touching the Void by Joe Simpson Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Travels in a Strange State by Josie Dew Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Scott Phillips - The Walkaway Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/01/12
Steve Rudd	Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis Reviewed By Steve Rudd	2005/11/10
Steve Rudd	Catwoman UK Movie Premiere at Leicester Square, London Tuesday 3rd August By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Alien VS Predator By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Collateral By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Open Water By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Saw By Steve Rudd	2003/09/18
Steve Rudd	Theatre - Saturday 13th October 07 - Vampires Rock at Hull New Theatre By Steve Rudd	2007/10/19
Steve Rudd	Theatre - GO WEST, to the South of the Thames and see National Anthems! By Steve Rudd	2005/02/28
Steve Rudd	Theatre - 15th February 05 - The Woman in White at the Palace Theatre, London By Steve Rudd	2005/03/07
Steven Hall	An Audience with Joan Bakewell. By Steven Hall	2003/09/18
The River Where The Dead Men Go by George P. Pelecanos Reviewed by Steve Rudd	- Down By The River Where The Dead Men Go by George P. Pelecanos Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/11/24
Tim Winton Reviewed by Steve Rudd	In The Winter Dark by Tim Winton Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/05/30
Tom Miller Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Jack Ruby's Kitchen Sink by Tom Miller Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/05/01
William Landay Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Mission Flats by William Landay Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2006/04/15
William S. Burroughs Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Junky by William S. Burroughs Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2005/05/19
William Shakespeare and Sweet William by Alan Plater. Northern Broadsides Company at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough by Patrick Henry	June 6-11th - The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare and Sweet William by Alan Plater. Northern Broadsides Company at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough by Patrick Henry	2005/07/04
by Douglas Coupland Reviewed by Steve Rudd	Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland Reviewed by Steve Rudd	2003/09/18

Reviews, Theatre - Friday 17th February - The Hull Blokes Present Love - A Night Of Comedy, Drama And Passion at Northern Theatre By Jane Foster
	The Hull Blokes are a talented bunch of 13 local, er, blokes! who I have had the pleasure of seeing twice before in their relatively short life. So I thought it was high time to do them justice and write a review. The Blokes have been lucky enough to secure themselves a home in the new Northern Theatre building, which in my opinion is more welcoming and Read more...

Reviews, Books - The Loop by Nicholas Evans Reviewed by Steve Rudd
	This is the second breathtaking novel from Nicholas, the first having being the international best-selling weepy, The Horse Whisperer which shot the English-based writer to fame. The Loop has nothing to do with horses whatsoever, and instead focuses on the trials of a wild pack of wolves that is terrorising a farming community in Montana. A 29-year old wolf expert called Helen is Read more...

Reviews, Books - Rising To Obscurity and How To Remain Anonymous by AAA Aarbon (Bitterne Books) Reviewed By Nick Quantrill
	Published by Hull-based Bitterne Books, the first two titles in this humorous series offer a different take on the modern world that we live in. Part satire, part social comment, they follow the story of AAA Aarbon, a self-confessed seeker of anonymity. AAA Aarbon is described by his editor as being best forgotten for many reasons. Rising To Obscurity charts the absurd Read more...

Reviews, Books - Notes From a Small Island By Bill Bryson Reviewed by Steve Rudd
	Good old Bill is a natural comedian and never holds back when it comes to being honest. He's one of the world's best-loved and most famous travel writers, and this volume of 'notes' is exclusively concerned with a number of weeks that Bill spent investing in the art of travelling around Britain back in the mid 90's. His travel writing talents first came to prominence when he released Read more...

Reviews, Books - Flashback By Jenny Siler Reviewed by Steve Rudd
	The past is a puzzle for everyone, a tattered collection of memory and desire. Even those people we most long to understand remain no more than a sum of those static moments we've chosen to hold them in. This is a must-read novel for any discerning fan of high-octane, Steve Hamilton-esque thrillers, as the drama-drenched action flits the length and breadth of the Read more...

Reviews, Books - Book Recommendations by Steve Rudd
	Here are some short and sweet book recommendations in place of the usual fully-fledged reviews, quite simply because I haven't had time to write up these reviews in more detail. The fact is that there are too many great books, and far too little time to read them - let alone write about them in gushing retrospect. Anyway, here's some mention of some of the books I've recently been Read more...

Reviews, Films - Films Kong By Michelle Dee
	Visually stunning. Terrific pace. Jackson winds up the tension to breaking point and never lets you go till the final frame. This is what you would expect from a Christmas Blockbuster, but this reworking of the original King Kong film, has so much more than the usual thrills and spills. Naomi Watts is very striking to say the least and the ill-fated love Read more...

Reviews, Books - Complicity by Nick Quantrill Reviewed by Steve Rudd
	The rain refused to ease as Coleman made his way through Queens Gardens and on towards King Edward Street. He pulled his collar up and hurried his pace... This is a staggeringly enthralling showcase for Hull-based writer Nick Quantrill's unmistakable talent for writing fiction - and crime fiction, to be more precise. He has written a fair few short stories that revolve around crime Read more...

Reviews, Books - Ian Newton - The Night Shift Reviewed By Kevin Maguire
	The guy in a sharp business suit glowered as if I was mad for laughing out loud while waiting for a flight in Washington Dulles International Airport. No exhibitionist, I rarely laugh out loud. Indeed, I rarely read anything worth laughing about, let alone out loud. But the story about two on-the-run robbers holding a group of Hull factory workers hostage after a fish Read more...

Reviews, Books - East Of The Mountains By David Guterson Reviewed by Steve Rudd
	Alright, so you might not have heard of the author before, but you might actually be already familiar with some of his 'work,' as his debut novel was called Snow Falling On Cedars... a staggering bestseller that came to be made into a Hollywood movie starring Ethan Hawke. Such a debut made it apparent that Guterson is one hell of a story teller who goes to great Read more...

Reviews, Books - Scott Phillips - The Walkaway Reviewed by Steve Rudd
	It is imperative that you keep your wits about when reading this novel more than with almost any other mighty slab of fiction ever published. If you've never read Phillips' awesome debut novel The Ice Harvest, then there's actually little point whatsoever you even making a beeline for The Walkaway, for this mesmerisingly cool epic crime-drama is the incredible Read more...

Reviews, Books - Robert Adams - Antman (Bitterne Books) Reviewed By Nick Quantrill
	Antman is the latest crime novel from prolific Hull-based author Robert Adams. It is his interest in ant behaviour that forms the heart of this book, and one that allows him to craft a dark narrative that absorbs and terrifies in equal measure. The novel starts with the discovery of a dead pig at a remote location in the Hull area. Forensic investigation reveals that the animal was reduced Read more...

Reviews, Books - The Two-Bear Mambo By Joe R. Lansdale Reviewed by Steve Rudd
	Lansdale certainly is one hell of a prolific author, and this is something like the tenth novel of his that I have had the pleasure of reading. The vast majority of his novels follow two buddies, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, as they manage - without fail - to get into all kinds of violent predicaments through being often overly stubborn and too-proud-by-half men. Read more...

Reviews, Books - Wobegon Boy by Garrison Keillor Reviewed by Steve Rudd
	I have a responsible job and pay my taxes and keep my lawn mowed, but because I dare to be an individual, people whisper about me behind my back. Why is life like this? This epic novel is an absolute masterpiece that is drama-driven and hugely poignant, as it follows a man called John Tollefson as he bumbles through his life over a pronounced period of time, with the Read more...

Reviews, Books - Down By The River Where The Dead Men Go by George P. Pelecanos Reviewed by Steve Rudd
	As the novel title must suggest, this is a crime thriller... and one of the highest order. I first heard of the author in Pelecanos through him heaping praise on the 'action-thriller' writing of Steve Hamilton. Like with Hamilton's work, Pelecanos weaves an engrossing story around a series of hugely believable and genuinely exciting set-pieces. Interestingly, many authors Read more...