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Desert Island Books

January 27, 2018 Laura MauroLeave a comment

Here's a stunningly unoriginal concept: Desert Island Discs, except that instead of eight recordings, you can choose eight books to accompany you. (Mine would of course be packed alongside a very large parasol and a keg of Factor 50 sunscreen - judging by the permanently blue hue of my skin, I was not designed for… Continue reading Desert Island Books

A-Z of Books

June 7, 2016June 8, 2016 Laura Mauro5 Comments

As shamelessly stolen from Thana Niveau.   AUTHOR YOU’VE READ THE MOST BOOKS BY- A quick glance at my bookshelf suggests this title goes to Stephen King, followed by China Mieville, Margaret Atwood and Tove Jansson all pretty much tied. I started reading Stephen King aged about 11 so it's not really a surprise. BEST… Continue reading A-Z of Books

Obligatory ‘Looking Back on 2014’ blog post

January 1, 2015 Laura Mauro5 Comments

This has been a strange year. Amazing things have happened to me in 2014. 'When Charlie Sleeps' was reprinted in "Best British Horror 2014", an incredible honour and an achievement which saw me reading with three fine gentlemen - Stephen Volk, John Llewellyn Probert and Reggie Oliver at Waterstones in Covent Garden. Incredibly surreal and… Continue reading Obligatory ‘Looking Back on 2014’ blog post

10 Books Meme

September 15, 2014 Laura MauroLeave a comment

There's a meme going around on Facebook which asks you to name 10 books that have stayed with you. One caveat is that you're not supposed to think too hard about it, but I came up with about 20 books so I had to narrow it down a bit. Here they are, in no particular… Continue reading 10 Books Meme

Sometimes People Say Nice Things:

“Mauro has a lot of literary knack on top of her weird fiction capacities making her stories well formed, beautiful, sometimes scary and always strange. The strangeness is magical as a reader because it deliberately alters your perception, rendering you more curious and open to what a story has to say.” – Gemma Webster, Fiction Unbound

“Mauro distorts quaint divides between the inhuman and the human too; often a source of deep anxiety, but also of curiosity about ourselves unexpectedly exposed as alien, as always having been alien.” – Rowan Fortune, Medium.com

“Sing Your Sadness Deep, will have you running through every emotion, from joy to despair, from warmth to revulsion, with its transcendent look at the human condition.” – Ginger Nuts of Horror

“Personally, I think that love and acceptance take the center stage in many of the stories that Mauro writes. Mauro weaves love through the horror of many of the stories which such ease which says a lot about her as a writer.” – Toni the Reader

“It’s easy enough to state that the debut collection by Laura Mauro, Sing Your Sadness Deep (Undertow), is a work of fine and accomplished writing, as near to flawless in its execution as you might wish for. Her language is evocative but clear; her characterisation is compelling.” – Grey Dog Tales

“With its well-honed prose, this collection shows us a writer who is focused intimately on the seams in a naturalistic present through which otherworldly pains—and a few pleasures—leak.” – Locus Magazine

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