Since I last updated my personal website (craigcliff.com) in May 2013, not a lot has changed in terms of my writing career. No new books hav...

This year I’ve got a clear top eight and at least another ten that make up a second tier of honourable mentions. Both tiers are s...

So we had a son in late April. We named him Caio -  a nod to those of his roots that are Italian (and a dozen other subsidiary factors that ...

So I'm reading a lot about video games at the moment. I read SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 by Jon Irwin, and learnt about speedruns (and l...

I've struggled with this post for over a month now (obviously). In 2014 I read about half as many books as I would in a normal year and ...

So before I do my annual 'best books I read last year' post, I'd better put down a few thoughts about those books I read in the ...

1) Future Islands - Singles I'm glad I didn't see their semi-infamous  Letterman performance  until today, as it may have dampene...

Tomorrow I'm going to post my top ten albums of 2014. Then, in a few days or weeks, I'll post the top ten books I read in 2014 (I...