Obsessions, death and rebirth, violence, sexuality, retribution and apocalypse are all part of the rich fabric of The Black Dreams.īringing together some of Northern Ireland’s finest writers, along with some of the best new talents, The Black Dreams celebrates and extends the rich tradition of the weird, surreal and dream-like in Northern Irish writing. The fourteen stories gathered here criss-cross coast, border and city as they map a ‘strange’ territory of in-between states and unstable realities in which understanding is unreliable. So begins Reggie Chamberlain-King’s introduction to The Black Dreams, a thrilling and compelling collection of specially commissioned stories that explore the emotional geography of growing up and living in Northern Ireland. There were plenty in both and they looked very much like each other. I don’t recall if I saw my first gunman in my childhood nightmares or on my childhood streets. So Circe sets forth her tale, a vivid, mesmerizing epic of family rivalry, love and loss – the defiant, inextinguishable song of woman burning hot and bright through the darkness of a man's world.ĬHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, I PAPER, SUNDAY EXPRESS, IRISH TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, AMAZON, AUDIBLE, BUZZFEED, REFINERY 29, WASHINGTON POST, BOSTON GLOBE, SEATTLE TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, NEWSWEEK, PEOPLE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, KIRKUS, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND GOODREADS Show book
Yet a woman who stands alone will never be left in peace for long – and among her island's guests is an unexpected visitor: the mortal Odysseus, for whom Circe will risk everything. When her gift threatens the gods, she is banished to the island of Aiaia where she hones her occult craft, casting spells, gathering strange herbs and taming wild beasts. But Circe has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in the shadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. Circe is a strange child – not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. The international Number One bestseller from the author of The Song of Achilles, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction Adding in text and drawing doodles across the section could be an opportunity to play with fonts and themes on each page.įinally, while including the positive things that occurred in a time period, it’s also important to incorporate the difficult experiences, if the person is comfortable with doing so they may have been unpleasant, but they still happened and were overcome, so why not acknowledge the fact that they came and went? This helps to create an accurate representation of a person’s life, and show that both good and bad times will always come around.Circe - The No 1 Bestseller from. This can add more meaning to the project as a whole if it’s filled with things that have meaning - concert tickets from throughout the year, buttons purchased from attended events, a pressed flower from a gift or postcards from trips. These can be printed at home, a store or even ordered online to save money or express more creativity, a person can recreate their favorite photos through drawings or paintings.Īccording to, it’s also common for people to include text, illustrations, clippings and various mementos in their memory books. Memories and photos can be organized chronologically, by events, milestones or themes, to name a few options. Additionally, Amazon has scrapbooks and similar items that can be bought online, if that’s preferred.Īfter finding what will be used, plan out how pages will look.
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