Month: June 2021

My reading of the Light up on YouTube

As part of the Cymera Festival held online, I read from my novel the Light. I did the reading at the Walled Garden in King’s Park in Glasgow. King’s Park is my favourite park in Glasgow, brimming with all types of stunning flora and trees so tall they give you a sore neck when you try to look all the way to the top of them.

The Cymera technical team (Ann and Sandy) did the recording. Everything was Covid-compliant, and it being Glasgow in May we also had a few rain showers to contend with. All in all, I did about seven takes, although one of them was definitely my fault as I realised mid-way through the reading my reading glasses were still hoisted up on my forehead. I’d never done anything like it. It was a tremendous experience.

The reading itself is from Chapter 3 of the book and is about five minutes long. It’s now up on YouTube. You can check it out in all its glory by following the link:

the Light’ explores a world where you wake up and know this is the day you die. How would such a world shape the way we think, our views on each other and society, how we conduct our personal and financial affairs; how we live and how we will die? There are definite parallels with the world we’re living in now.

It’s available on Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/793031489

And Amazon:

And almost everywhere else online.

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Reading of ‘the Light’ Sat 5th June

This online event on 5th June (this Saturday) at 12.15pm includes a Brave New Words reading of my novel ‘the Light’ from yours truly. It’s part of the Cymera Festival for lovers of horror, fantasy and science fiction everywhere.

https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2021-digital-events/alex-pheby-and-shona-kinsella

The reading is a recording from a week or so ago and took place in the Walled Garden in King’s Park in Glasgow. I think we did about 7 or 8 takes in all. Before you leap to any conclusions, the weather was mostly to blame. It was raining – in Glasgow – in May – a shocker, who could have predicted it! A great couple of hours, though (the actual reading is about 4 mins long). Many thanks to production gurus Ann and Sandy for making the experience so enjoyable.

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