Tag Archives: Garry Craig Powell

Videos by Skylight Authors (Part I)

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Daniel

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 | Leave a comment

A Few Recent Reviews of Skylight Books

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Daniel

Kaleidoscopic Omniscience by Will Alexander “Vermillion shades of astral haunts abound as Alexander takes his readers through a psychedelic romp that leaves the consciousness reeling. There’s nothing usual about Alexander’s visionary take on history: the contemporary, the ancient, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews | Tagged Alan Richardson, Alexander, American Poetry, Anthony Duncan, avant garde, Book Reviews, British fiction, British Literature, British poetry, Charles Olson, Christ, christian, Daniel Staniforth, David Caddy, Dion Fortune, dr john dee, esoteric, experimental fiction, fiction, Gareth Knight, Garry Craig Powell, Hamlet, HTML GIant, iain sinclair, John Dee, Lipstick & Politics, Literature, Magic of the Ordinary, Michael S. Judge, novel, Occult, Patrick James Dunagan, Paula Mendoza, Peregrin Wildoak, Persian Gulf, Plutarch, poetry, qabala, Reviews, Robert Duncan, Shakespeare, Sting, Surrealism, Tears in the Fence, UAE, Will Alexander, William Blake, World War One | Leave a comment

A Review of Stoning the Devil on The Feminist Wire

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Daniel

The following is a short snippet of Jill Di Donato’s review of Stoning the Devil by Garry Craig Powell, published by The Feminist Wire on April 10, 2013. The full review, entitled Western Novelist Paints a Racy Portrait of Middle Eastern … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews | Tagged Arab, Arab culture, Beyonce, Book Review, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, colonial perspective, Experimental novel, feminism, Feminist, fiction, Frank O'Conor Award, Garry Craig Powell, Gulf, Islam, Jill Di Donato, Lena Dunham, middle eastern culture, middle eastern women, middle-east, Muslim, novel, novel in stories, politics, Sex and violence, Short Stories, Stoning the Devil, The Feminist Wire, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Women | Leave a comment

What Skylight Authors are Reading

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Daniel

It’s always fascinating to see what writers read, where they find sustenance and inspiration for their own work. A few Skylight authors have graciously agreed to let us in on what they are currently reading, whether for guilty pleasure or … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Australian Literature, British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads | Tagged 13th Century, Alan Richardson, Aldous Huxley, Alex Owen, Allen Mandelbaum, Andre Lebey, Andrew Joron, Andrew Loog Oldham, Anna Lanyon, Antonio Tabucchi, Antony Beevor, Apollinaire, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, Aztec, Bachelard, Barbara Pym, Bin Ramke, Bolano, Bombay, books., Borges, Brian Lucas, British Literature, Celtic, Celtic Myth, Cesar Vallejo, China Mieville, Chris Daniels, Chris Hill, Christopher Middleton, Ciaran Carson, Clark Coolidge, conquest of gaul, Creole, Daniel Staniforth, Dante, David Mitchell, Dean Radin, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Dion Fortune, Divine Comedy, Druids, Elaine Pagels, Eleni Stecopoulous, Elizabeth Robinson, Emily Toder, faery, Faery Lore, feminism, French, G. M. Fraser, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Galahad, Gareth Knight, Garry Craig Powell, Gaul, Gawain, George Devine, Gettysburg, Giuseppe di Lampedusa, Gordon Strong, Grail Hallows, Greek Mythology, H.L. Mencken, Hindu, holy grail, Hugh Fox, imminent publication, Indonesia, irish, Jack Collom, Jack Schaeffer, Jeet Thayil, John Matthews, John Sakkis, John Woodhouse, Joseph Noble, julius caesar, Julius Ceasar, Karen Ralls, Kathleen Raine, Kirk Marshall, Laird Hunt, Latin America, Leonora Carrington, Lissa Wolsak, Literature, Longinus, Lucretius, Margaret Randall, Maya, Mayan History, mediaeval, Medieval, Melusine, Mexico, Michael Crichton, Michael D. Coe, Michael Flatt, Michael Ladeen, Michael Palma, Modernism, Moon Magic, Murakami, Murilo Mendez, music, Nicholas Kilmer, Nicholas Rawson, Noah Eli Gordon, Normandi Ellis, Occult, Oscar Lewis, Pablo Neruda, Perceval, Peter Akroyd, Portugal, Pre-Reconstruction, R.J. Stewart, R.S. Loomis, Rebecca Seiferle, Rebecca Wilby, Richard Froude, Ricoeur, Rikki Ducornet, rite of pan, Robert Kloss, Roberto Calasso, Roman, Romance, Rupert Copping, Rushdie, Sam Thompson, Samuel Beckett, Sea Priestess, Seth Landman, Skylight Press, Sonali Deraniyagala, Spanish, SpringGun Press, Steven Johnson, T.A. Jenkins, Taiye Selasi, Templars, Tennyson, Terence McKenna, Thailand, vercingetorix, Victorian, W.A. Nitze, Welsh, William Blake, William Carlos Williams, William Pitt Root, Wings Press, World War Two | Leave a comment

Skylight Fiction for the Holidaze?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Daniel

Posted in American Literature, Australian Literature, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged Alan Richardson, Allegory, American fiction, Anthony Duncan, Australian Fiction, British fiction, Chris Hill, Christmas Presents, Daniel Staniforth, Esoteric Fiction, experimental fiction, Experimental novel, fiction, Gareth Knight, Garry Craig Powell, Hugh Fox, iain sinclair, Kirk Marshall, Labyrinthine, literary fiction, Literature, Magic Realism, Margaret Lumley Brown, Martin Anderson, Metafiction, novel, postmodern, postmodernism, Rebecca Wilby, satire, Skylight Press, Surrealism, Will Alexander | Leave a comment

Skylight Booksignings!

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Daniel

Today’s booksigning at Waterstones Gloucester went well with ChrisHill signing copies of his recent novel, Song of the Sea God. Skylight’s one and only Rebsie Fairholm sat with him for the event, which was touted a success. Skylight booksignings have happened all … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Literature, British Literature, Literature, Recommended reads, Uncategorized | Tagged authors, books., booksignings, Chris Hill, Garry Craig Powell, Kirk Marshall, new books., Novels, Peregrin Wildoak, Rebsie Fairholm, Skylight Press | Leave a comment

Stoning the Devil by Garry Craig Powell

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Daniel

When Edward Said penned Orientalism in 1978 he professed that Western attitudes towards the Middle East were built on a “constellation of false assumptions” – highlighting the “subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture.” What has … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged Anita Diamant, Arab culture, Arab History, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, Cultural Studies, eight months on ghazzah street, fiction, Garry Craig Powell, Hilary Mantel, Islam, Lawrence Durrell, Literary novel, Louise Erdrich, middle-east, Naomi Shihab Nye, novel, novel in stories, Orientalism, Persian Gulf, Post Colonialism, Religion, Short Stories, Stoning the Devil, travel, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirites | Leave a comment

Garry Craig Powell on Skylight Press

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Daniel

Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Garry Craig Powell was quite the seasoned nomad before he became a writer – something he expresses succinctly on his website biography: “Not until I was in my forties did I really dedicate my life to … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors | Tagged Arab culture, Arkansas, British fiction, British Literature, England, fiction, Garry Craig Powell, literary fiction, middle-east, novel, novel in stories, Portugal, Short Stories, Spain, Stoning the Devil, travel, United Arab Emirates | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Garry Craig Powell

Videos by Skylight Authors (Part I)

A Few Recent Reviews of Skylight Books

A Review of Stoning the Devil on The Feminist Wire

What Skylight Authors are Reading

Skylight Fiction for the Holidaze?

Skylight Booksignings!

Stoning the Devil by Garry Craig Powell

Garry Craig Powell on Skylight Press

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