Fun & Games – Page 2 – Colin Lawson Books

Join The Facebook Horror Group

April 6, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

We’ve created a horror Facebook group called “Horror – Fact and Fiction” for the discussion of all things related to anything horror or supernatural, fact or fiction. Whether it’s real-life serial killers, monsters on the big screen and in literature or in any other form of entertainment you’re free to talk about it. Share news and views with other horror fans on our very own Horror Group. You can even have a laugh and a joke, it doesn’t all have…

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Improve Your Well-Being: Buckets, Drains & Radiators

April 6, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

Many people in search of happiness fail to realise that the people we surround ourselves with in life have a huge bearing on our lives and on our perspective on the world and life in general. Today I hope to share with you a very effective method I use to make every single day as positive as possible. Pick up your own bucket.Each day I awake and I imagine the new day brings with it a big shiny bucket filled…

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6 Amazing Stephen King Books I Recommend

March 6, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

As one of the world’s most widely known horror writers, Stephen King needs little introduction. Any horror reader will no doubt turn to one of his books early in their reading career. Many Stephen King novels have been turned into screenplays and movies with varying degrees of success. I would say, even if you’re not the fan of a particular movie it may well be worth giving the original book a try. I haven’t gone into any kind of review…

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50 More Inspirational Book Related Quotes

March 6, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

My previous post featuring book related quotes was very popular so I thought it only fair to supply you, dear reader with a further 50 book related quotes. As I said earlier, I have always loved the smell of books whether the inky paper smell of new books or the earthy dusty smell of old books. I even loved the sounds books make. The pleasing sound when you first crack the spine of a new book or the soft ‘clunk’…

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Video: How It’s Made – Books

January 6, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

Here we see one process employed to produce books, catalogues, brochures and magazines. Unfortunately, gone are the days of the traditional printing presses and the labour intensive job of the book binder, these arts are slowly disappearing. While the modern printing processes make books more affordable and accessible they have lost some of the ‘art’ attached to the book production processes of old. In the video below we see how the printing process can be used for a range of…

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Great Retro Reads – Horror Books By Pan

January 6, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

Growing up in the 1970s and ’80s, a series of books featuring collections of short horror stories fed my hunger for interesting horror stories at an affordable price, that series of books was the ‘Pan Book of Horror Stories.’ This was a series of paperbacks first published in 1959 and ran until the final volume, volume 30, saw the end of the series in 1989. The thing that first attracted me to the books was the lurid cover design that…

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Merry Xmas 2019

December 24, 2019 admin Comments 0 Comment

15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy

December 11, 2019 admin Comments 0 Comment

Being happy doesn’t mean attaining new possessions. Here’s fifteen things you should give up to be happy. 1) Your need to always be right. 2) Your need to be in control. 3) Give up on Blame. 4) Your self-defeating self-talk. 5) Your limiting beliefs. 6) Complaining. 7) The luxury of criticism. 8) Your need to impress others. 9) Your resistance to change. 10) Give up labels. 11) Give up on your fears. 12) Give up in your excuses. 13) Give…

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