The White Goddess: An Encounter has had the great good fortune to have been review by Steve Himmer over on Necessary Fiction. Luckier still (and like everyone else) he liked it!

It's the fascination of those infinite versions and the questions they raise that make memory so simultaneously alluring and terrifying, and that make The White Goddess such a compelling read. Gough's book is the first release from recently launched Galley Beggar Press, and on the strength of it I very much look forward to seeing where their publishing vision is headed.

That's the conclusion, by the way. I feel a few qualms about posting the very end of his review, so make me feel better reading the whole thing, won't you?

Here, in the meantime, is a picture that made us all feel very pleased. The White Goddess: An Encounter for sale in the great Shakespeare and Company in Paris.

Thanks to Adam Biles for sending to us. On the subject of Biles, his new book Grey Cats is coming out soon on the new publisher 3AM Press, which is exciting because it's a very good book. (I've been lucky enough to read a preview.) And also because 3AM chuffing rock. Their new imprint promises to be superb…

Also, while I'm writing about Grey Cats, allow me to post the greatest ever thing that you will ever see on the internet EVER: Jacques Brel singing, weeping, cutting out his own bleeding heart and stomping all over the broken pulpy red pieces. Ne Me Quitte Pas is a refrain throughout Grey Cats. I told you it was good!

Elsewhere, a couple of treats will be coming up soon on this website. First, a recording of Simon Gough reading from The White Goddess: An Encounter, with a few introductory words. I'll be posting it up on youtube and linking to it here - and we're also going to try to give away in our shop. Second, another recording - and a preview of our forthcoming ebook - My Elvis Blackout.

Oh and there should be more reviews on the way soon too…