Trine D. Paulson of Bookspot Central offers a lengthy review of Jem Poster's acclaimed novel Rifling Paradise: "Rifling Paradise is the second novel of the critically acclaimed novelist and poet Jem Poster. The praise is indeed well-deserved – Rifling Paradise is a very well-crafted piece of literary fiction; it is intense, vivid and thoughtful in its exploration of the hidden passions,...

Rifling Paradise is the second novel of the critically acclaimed novelist and poet Jem Poster. The praise is indeed well-deserved – Rifling Paradise is a very well-crafted piece of literary fiction; it is intense, vivid and thoughtful in its exploration of the hidden passions, forbidden desires and the unspoken social codes of Victorian society . . .

Oh What a Paradise It Seems, published shortly before John Cheever’s 1982 death, is his fifth and final novel. It follows his previous novel, Falconer, by five years and marks a return in tone and style to that of the earlier Cheever novels. If Falconer can be said to be Cheever’s “prison novel,” Oh What a Paradise It Seems is his “environmental novel.”Lemuel Sears may be fast approach...

Rifling Paradise, the new historical fiction novel by master storyteller and author of Courting Shadows Jem Poster, just received a lovely review from Kirkus: A dubious character experiences a shattering change of heart during his specimen-collecting expedition to Australia, in a vivid historical novel by a renowned British poet. Blamed for the suicide of a young boy and hounded out of his home by...

Coming in February 2009 is a new novel from Jem Poster: Rifling Paradise. Poster, director of creative writing at the University of Wales and author of the critically acclaimed Courting Shadows, has written a atmospheric thriller set in wilds of nineteenth-century Australia. (Neither Nicole Kidman or Hugh Jackman appear in the book). Recently published in the UK, Rifling Paradise tells the tale of...

There was so much "history" in the 20th century that it is easy to forget highly significant but more local events which have been lost among the big picture issues of world wars, evil dictatorships and million-strong massacres.  The destruction of Smyrna in 1922 is one such, and Giles Milton has done us a great favour in writing such a lucid and interesting book, Paradise Lost, about the destruc...

Title: Affair in Paradise Author: Matthew Haldeman-Time Publisher: Torquere Books Genre: Contemporary M/M, D/s Length: 25 pages Rating: 3.75 stars out of 5 A Guest Review by Jenre THE BLURB During a tropical vacation, Adam meets Brett, who's young, hot, and newly single. Adam spends his days flirting and his nights sweating, but Brett isn't responding. Only on their last night together does Adam f...

Over at the Times, a blog post by Stanley Fish, about a new prose translation of “Paradise Lost” into modern English, has sparked a heated debate. The translation, by Dennis Danielson, is meant to...

Since taking up the Graphic Novel calling, I decided to spend some time browsing the pretty slim selection that my library has in stock. And I came across this little gem: Strangers in Paradise Pocket Book 1, Vol. 1 by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio, 360 pgs, 2004). This is the story about friendship, first and foremost. Katina "Katchoo" Choovanski and Francine Peters have been friends since high sc...

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of John Milton, The Morgan Library & Museum in New York presents the only surviving copy of Milton’s masterpiece Paradise Lost, Book 1 until January 4th next year in the Clare Eddy Thaw Gallery.The manuscript was acquired by Pierpoint Morgan in 1904, being the most important British Literary manuscript in