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Darryl Sloan on Skylight Press
It has been a while since we presented a new author to the wider public so it is a great thrill and privilege to introduce Darryl Sloan – an author, musician, technician, and all around thespian who has developed quite … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Music, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Agnosticism, Art, atheism, British, Buddhism, Christianity, Computer Programming, Darryl Sloan, Education, esoteric, fiction, Horror Movies, I Universe, irish, Magic, New authors, New books, Northern Ireland, Occult, philosophy, Protestant, Psychokinesis, Religion, Satanism, Science, Skylight Press, spirituality, Telekinesis, Ulster, Video Games, writing, Youtube
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The Curve of the Land: Review by Kevan Manwaring
The Curve of the Land: Diana Durham – a review By Kevan Manwaring This thin novel by American-based British writer Diana Durham is weighty with ideas – like narrow uprights supporting the monumental capstone of a cromlech. It charts a contemporary … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Ancient Britain, Book Review, Britain, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, Cornwall, Cromlech, Curve of the Land, Diana Durham, Dion Fortune, Durham, Earth Mysteries, Ecology, Environment, environmentalism, fiction, Kevan Manwaring, Megalith, novel, review, Sacred Earth, Skylight Press, standing stones, Stone Henge
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Videos by Skylight Authors (Part I)
Here is a smattering of reading and interview videos from our literary authors. Happy browsing…. Iain Sinclair Rikki Ducornet Will Alexander Pierre Joris Garry Craig Powell Basil King Diana Durham Richard Froude Margaret Randall Hugh Fox Dee Sunshine … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged Basil King, Dee Sunshine, Diana Durham, fiction, Garry Craig Powell, Hugh Fox, iain sinclair, Margaret Randall, novel, performance, Pierre Joris, poetry, Public Reading, Reading, Richard Froude, Rikki Ducornet, Skylight Press, Will Alexander
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The Curve of the Land by Diana Durham
“The small crevice that formed the only entrance showed no evidence of the light which must be entering through the other gaps in the stones. It was black as if opening directly into the depths of the earth; an entrance … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged 1980s, Ancient History, Ancient Stones, Avebury, Britain, British fiction, British History, British Literature, British Novel, Cornwall, Diana Durham, Ecology, England, English history, Environment, environmentalism, esoteric, Esoteric novel, faery, fiction, folklore, Great Britain, Highlands, Lake District, Literature, Megalithic sites, megaliths, mysticism, new age, novel, Novelist, occult fiction, Pennines, Pericles, poet, Quoit, Rollright stones, Shakespeare, Skylight Press, South West Britain, standing stones, Stone Circles, Stonehenge, The Curve, Underworld, Wales, West Penwith, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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du Lac by Alan Richardson
“So I cannot say for sure how old I am because I cannot see my beginnings. When I try to look, I’m peering into the lake bottom which is my genesis: things are stirred up, rising like muddy, formless wraiths … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Adept, Alan Richardson, Aleister Crowley, Angela Carter, archeytpe, Arthur, Arthuriad, Arthurian, British fiction, British History, British Literature, British Novel, Christine Hartley, del acqs, Dion Fortune, du lac, English history, English literature, esoteric, Experimental novel, faery, Fairy, Fairy tales, Fee, Fey, fiction, Folk tales, Grail Lore, Hoffman, Holly Ricioppo, holy grail, initiation, Kafka, lac, Lake, Lancelot, Legends, Magic, Magick, Myth, mythology, novel, Occult, occult fiction, satire, Secret Society, Swift, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray
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Diana Durham on Skylight Press
Diana Durham is a fascinating writer and poet who has been involved in the collective life of intentional community in England, the United States and Canada over the past thirty years. In the early 1980’s she was among a grouping … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads, Uncategorized
Tagged 3 Voices, Angels of Fire, Arthur, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, Attunement, British fiction, British Literature, British mysteries, British poetry, CD Baby, Christos Vayenas, Chrysalis Poetry, Curve of the Land, David Bohm, Diamond Press, Diana Durham, Discovery Channel, fiction, holy grail, Literature, megaliths, mythology, New Hampshire, Northwoods Press, novel, Perceval, poetry, Skylight Press, Sonnet, Sonnets, Unfolding Meaning, University College London, VoiceBox, Women's Healing, Women's Studies
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Gareth Knight with Skylight Press
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads
Tagged Arthuriad, Arthurian Mysteries, Biography, British mysteries, Dion Fortune, English Mythology, esoteric, Esoteric Christian, esotericism, Faery Lore, fiction, folklore, French Mythology, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Grail, Inklings, Literature, Magic, mediaeval, Medieval, Melusine, Mysteries, poetry, Qabalah, ritual magic, Skylight Press, tarot, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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De-fleshing out Characters in the Modern Novel
As we live in an age where we are producing novels and stories en masse it would seem that we should be somewhere near to perfecting the art of characterization in our fictions. Any writer worth their salt will know … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews
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