You write with empathy and humour without ever veering towards the mawkish and crass. I liked the contrast between AJ’s adventures with Bench which seemed almost surreal in context and the very real worry and anxiety back home very effectively conveyed via email. I thought your State of mind statem... view book

This is very entertaining and a rollicking good read, reminds me of pre-adolescent summers spent furtively scanning McGill postcards; it made me laugh and giggle, a bit like I do when I see Sausage in Cider on a menu. It’s very funny, yes, but there is so much more there too and it would be an inju... view book

An eye catching title you have here, very clever, and one of the best and most compelling pitches I’ve seen on authonomy. I can’t help but take a peek and by a few sentence in I’m captivated by your writing. I love the casual and almost conversational style you use, with a fantastic hook (a repeti... view book

Andrew, I am so pleased to have been able to read all that you’ve uploaded here and am sorry it’s taken me so long to post a comment. The suspense is building nicely in a credible, understated way and your sense of period/time is impeccable, the character of the Poet is sympathetically and well dra... view book

The strength and fragility of the mind, what enables us to keep going and what tips us over the edge. Any of us. An authentic and very real account of one man amongst many trying to make sense of a scary, often hostile world. Honest, quality writing, minutely observed and brilliantly conveyed. S... view book