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Author: Victoria Hoyle

Reader, feminist, archivist, vegan & part time PhD student at Uni of York. Research associate at @UCLDIS on information rights for care leavers (she/her)

Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link Review

On July 14, 2018 By Victoria Hoyle In Book Reviews

I can safely say that I’ve never met a Kelly Link story that I didn’t like, and, after re-reading her alchemical debut collection “Stranger Things Happen”, I’m just about ready to tell you why. First, …

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Sailing to Sarantium + Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay Review

On July 2, 2018 By Victoria Hoyle In Book Reviews

I have a set of bright memories associated with various of Guy Gavriel Kay’s novels: Sitting, aged 13, grief-stricken and sobbing in a cold bath having finished “The Darkest Road”, the final weft in his …

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The Rose in Twelve Petals and Other Stories by Theodora Goss Review

On June 29, 2018 By Victoria Hoyle In Book Reviews

Theodora Goss only began publishing her short fiction and poetry in 2002 but already her work has appeared in some of the genre’s most respected publications (including “Realms of Fantasy”, “Strange Horizons”, “Polyphony” and “Lady …

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Tolkien and the Great War Review

On September 22, 2005 By Victoria Hoyle In Book Reviews

Innumerable commentators, critics, fans and, lately, even film-makers have suggested that Tolkien’s oeuvre was deeply affected by his experiences in the Great War (1914-18) and particularly at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 (when …

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Caitlin Sweet Interview and Telling of Stars Review

On September 6, 2005 By Victoria Hoyle In Interviews

Since publishing her debut novel A Telling of Stars (2003) with Penguin, Canadian Caitlin Sweet has joined the burgeoning ranks of young, innovative fantasy genre writers. She has since released a prequel to A Telling …

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