Arts BOOK REVIEW: QUEER LIFE, QUEER LOVE. VOLUME 2 Matt Bates These stories hold the beat of Queerness strong…. holding up to the light, pressing close in the shadows, highlighting in ultra neon, throwing the most fabulous shade, the intersectional voices of the authors are seriously diverse. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: LIARMOUTH by John Waters John Waters doesn’t disappoint here, his mind is twisted ways which makes rococo baroque look straight, this fun exploration of more Baltimore lives is a shock-o-rama of his favourite themes By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor Filthy Animals Brandon Taylor This collection of eleven LGBTQ+ stories, interwoven and interconnected by character, theme and narrative tension is superb. Taylor takes the familiar Queer tropes and upends them, shakes them out, twists them round, some get a spit and rub, others placed back in strang By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune It’s about people finding ways to make the most of the time they have, and finding the power to enable themselves to change, and love being worth the risk of huge change. Throw in a ghost doggy, an impish spectral Grandad and a rather swish tearoom at the end of existence and this is an uplifting, By Eric Page • 2 min read
