a novel by Debra Murphy. Book One of The Ashland Grail Cycle
Posted in catholic fiction on May 23rd, 2007
Christian sci-fi writer Simon Morden gave a talk at the 2005 Greenbelt Arts Festival entitled “Sex, Death and Christian Fiction” in which he (quite cogently, I believe) critiques “Christian fiction, its theology and its shortcomings” as it is presently being published, particularly by US publishers adhering to Christian Booksellers Association (CBA) guidelines.
Here’s a sample:
Discovering the [...]
Posted in beauty, catholic fiction, idylls press on Apr 4th, 2007
Part of the mission statement at Idylls Press is to contribute to a new Catholic literary renaissance. There’s a great deal of work to be done toward that end, especially in the often overlooked area of writing, publishing and promoting quality Catholic fiction; but nothing will be accomplished without the wisdom and grace of God. [...]
Posted in The Mystery of Things, catholic fiction, reviews on Mar 31st, 2007
Stratford Caldecott has written a brief but alarmingly gratifying review of The Mystery of Things in the most recent issue (number eight) of Second Spring: A Journal of Faith and Culture:
“Labelled ‘Book One of the Ashland Grail Cycle’, this is a stunning debut novel in the modern thriller genre, complete with sex and violence. It [...]
Posted in catholic fiction on Oct 25th, 2006
By way of the Willamette Writers newsletter, I learned the other day of a Hopi proverb that goes, “The one who tells the stories rules the world.” I was pretty impressed by that notion and promptly sent it out to our “Quotes for Catholic Writers” list. This morning I received the following reaction from one [...]
Posted in The Mystery of Things, catholic fiction, reviews on Jun 9th, 2006
Matthew Lickona has published a very nice review of The Mystery of Things on Godspy.
Matthew is the author of Swimming with Scapulars, a sort of youthful (and frequently humorous) autobiography of an orthodox Catholic boy coming of age (at Thomas Aquinas College) in a very secular world. I recommend it particularly for older teenage boys [...]
Posted in catholic fiction on Apr 5th, 2006
Okay, gang, here it is, the bone structure for our Catholic Fiction Reading List. I’ll be adding titles and links on a daily basis for the next several weeks.
The myth of St. George and the Dragon comes to new and provocative life in this mystery-thriller set in Milwaukee.
This is the story of James Ireton, a gifted young Shakespeare scholar haunted by a tragic past and recurring nightmares of a Knight, a Lady and a vicious Dragon. James thinks they’re just dreams, but when two people close to him fall victim in a seemingly motive-less series of brutal murders, James discovers there may be a very real Dragon preying in the shadows of his life. Worse, if he doesn’t find a bit of St. George in himself, the woman he loves may prove the Dragon’s ultimate victim.