By Kenneth Vickery
13/02/2021 0

Flying with Galahs

Sophie moves to the far side of the tent. ‘Girl, you’re being as pious as “George Pell”. No one will know. and I don’t want to be spotted from the road.

By Kenneth Vickery
13/02/2021 0

Honeymoon

Jane’s paint strokes were getting shorter and more aggressive.

By Kenneth Vickery
09/02/2021 0

We miss you!

You have fallen off the mailing list for Kenneth on Books and Writing. If this is intentional ignore this email and I’ll remove you from the website and my community of book lovers. If you’d…

By Kenneth Vickery
04/02/2021 0

Speculative Fiction Books That Convey An Insightful Knowledge Of Human Existence

We need words to make sense of reality. We desire to see things as they are, so our ideas can see past stereotypes and convey an insightful knowledge of human existence in all its wonderful variety. Good speculative fiction creates supernatural, technological, physical, and political worlds, which don’t need clichéd ideas or populist propaganda.

By Kenneth Vickery
15/12/2020 Off

Books I recommend about the world around us

The world is descending past its tipping point so fast, we may not be able to fix it, even with gaffer tape. These books explain how we are in this together. They are about the beauty and the mess that is humanity.

Boy at the entrance to many doors
By Kenneth Vickery
01/11/2020 Off

Plan To Publish And Get Our Books Out There

Writers should plan to publish so we don’t leave the power of story to people such as Donald Trump, who want to dismiss, distort, distract, and divide. Our job is to find something we love and share it with the rest of the world, to open doors to what it means to be human.