A collection of writing, from science fiction through politics to medieval history, with some bits and bobs thrown in for good measure.
Review of The Caduca in the Morning Star
‘Another writer who knows how to make far-future, spacefaring stories leap from the page is Elaine Graham-Leigh, whose glitteringly good debut novel The Caduca (Conrad Press, £9.99) is an action-packed story about neocolonialism, the blood-soaked cynicism of liberal intervention and a resistance movement divorced from the people and trapped in a cycle of pointless violence and self-indulgent martyrdom.’
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/sci-fi-and-fantasy-june-21-2021
More reviews of The Caduca
Sean Sheehan at The Fantasy Hive says that it ‘spins an engaging tale that resonates with contemporary issues around legacies of colonialism, resistance and the treachery of politicos’, while David Gee says ‘there are echoes of Frank Herbert’s magisterial Dune saga, which sets Graham-Leigh up there with the giants of the genre.’
Thanks, both!
Another interview about The Caduca
A fun conversation with Vince Stevenson of @Boomersonbooks, ranging from writing ‘ticks’ to AIs joining trade unions!
The Caduca review
A fantasic review of The Caduca from Richard Allday on Counterfire.
Above all, Graham-Leigh has written a book that stands with the unremarked, the overlooked, the dispossessed, whose usual fate is to be written out of history yet whose labour is indispensable.
See the review here.
The Caduca
£10.00
Interview about The Caduca
I was recently interviewed about The Caduca by Francis Sealey of Enfield Climate Action Forum, Enfield Voices and GlobalNet21 (he has many hats). It was so much fun to talk in-depth about the book, even if some of the questions were distinctly tricky!
Book launch for The Caduca – Friday 26th March, 7pm
Come to my online book launch, with the All Good Bookshop, and hear me talk about the politics of the novel and what it all means.
Friday 26th March, 7pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81325453819?pwd=UnliNkFFNXNHZGEwVWV4ZXYyTXdaUT09
Meeting ID: 813 2545 3819
Passcode: 880298
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/361965998158089
If you can’t wait, here’s me talking about The Caduca on the Conrad Press Youtube channel.
Interview about The Caduca
Me, in conversation about The Caduca, on my publisher, The Conrad Press’ Youtube channel.
If you like this, buy the book! Also available on Amazon and from all good bookshops.
The Caduca
My sci-fi novel, out 10th March, or order direct from me now.
The Caduca
Including free postage to UK addresses. Contact me for international postage.
£10.00
A Gift for the Young
A new story, now out in Theakers’ Quarterly Fiction #67
Marx and the Climate Crisis
From the youth climate strikes to the Green New Deal, climate change has moved up the political agenda. Marx’s analysis of capitalism provides the basis for understanding how the system’s destructiveness is driving the climate crisis.
Elaine Graham-Leigh shows how Marx’s ideas explain the climate breakdown and how we can create a society that protects both people and planet. This is a manifesto for system change as well as an account of why humanity faces its greatest crisis.
