Good times around the corner
Has Richard Milward written Britain’s first credit crunch novel?, asks Irvine Welsh
(The Guardian, Saturday 14 February 2009)

Richard Milward’s first book, Apples, announced the arrival of a highly original talent. I was taken by the novel and, like many writers, both established and aspiring, was impressed to the point of jealousy that a man of such tender years - he’s still only in his mid-20s - could possess the motivation and comprehensive talents required to execute such a successful debut. So, fearful of the possibility of “second album syndrome”, I picked up Ten Storey Love Song with a sense of foreboding.

Fortunately, it’s another cracker…

Read the full review on the Guardian website


Review: The Rotting Spot by Valerie Laws
(Time Out, 21-27 May 2009)

Book of the Month: 9987 by Nik Jones
(The Crack, February 2009)

The world of cinema and the blurring distinctions of fantasy and reality are the fuel for this excellent debut novel of obsession, voyeurism, violence and a disturbed mind spiralling out of control.

Read the full review on The Crack’s website


Review: 9987 by Nik Jones
(Outsider Writers Collective website, 2009)

…the innocently restrictive narrative tightens into a tactile claustrophobia, one that envelops you until you realize the book is over but you’re still hearing quiet moans in the next room.

Read the full review on the Outsider Writers Collective website