So what is King For A Year?

In April 2014, as part of the #CarrieAt40 celebrations, Matthew Craig at readerdad asked me if I'd like to be involved by writing an essay and review of the novel.  I jumped at the chance (it was the first time I'd actually read it) and during the month, various other essays were published.

We were discussing this on Facebook (initially it was me, Alison Littlewood, Anthony Cowin, Ross Warren and Andrew Murray) and it occurred to me that it might be fun for all of us to pick one Stephen King novel and write a review of it, linking them all together.  Ross suggested we create a blog, I thought about calling it "The Stephen King Annual" and then Willie Meikle came up with the title we settled on.

The purpose of this blog is to review two or three Stephen King novels a month throughout 2015 (it was originally going to be twelve!), with a different writer/reviewer for each one.  Some reviews you might agree with, some you probably won't, but hopefully they'll all entertain you and might even give you some reading suggestions.

Confirmed so far we have:

The Shining	Anthony Cowin
Night Shift	Stephen Bacon
The Dark Tower Dr Sleep	Jenny Barber Wayne Parkin
Salem's Lot From A Buick 8	Matthew Craig Neil Williams
Thinner	Donna Bond
The Talisman	Mihai Adascalitei
The Dead Zone Lisey's Story	Willie Meikle Dean M. Drinkel
Cell	Maura McHugh
Joyland Danse Macabre	Gary McMahon Kevin Bufton
(undecided)	Sarah Langan
IT	James Everington
Under The Dome On Writing Rose Madder	Selina Lock Kit Power Rowan Coleman
Christine	Adele Wearing
Four Past Midnight	John Llewellyn Probert
Carrie The Regulators	Lynda E. Rucker Shaun Hamilton
Pet Sematary Finders Keepers	Marc Francis Bev Vincent
Dreamcatcher Revival	Kim Talbot Hoelzli David T. Wilbanks
Misery Cycle Of The Werewolf	Jay Eales Nadine Holmes
Cujo	Thana Niveau
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon	Alison Littlewood
Skeleton Crew Different Seasons	Phil Sloman Dave Jeffery
Mr Mercedes	Steven Savile
Gerald's Game	Ray Cluley
The Bachman Books Needful Things	Johnny Mains Sharon Ring
Duma Key	Liz Barnsley
The Colorado Kid	Jim Mcleod
Firestarter Nightmares & Dreamscapes Full Dark, No Stars	Paul M. Feeney Christian Saunders Frazer Lee
Dolores Claiborne	Carole Johnstone
The Dark Half	Andrew Murray
11.22.63 Hearts In Atlantis The Drawing Of The Three (DT) The Gunslinger (DT)	Chad Clark Robert Mammone Julie Cohen Anthony Watson
11.22.63	Kim Talbot Hoelzli
Insomnia	Ross Warren
The Stand Black House	Sheri White Robert Spalding
Pet Sematary	Charlotte Bond
The Green Mile Bag Of Bones Just After Sunset Pet Sematary The Bazaar Of Bad Dreams Desperation The Wind Through The Keyhole Blaze Rita Hayworth And... Eyes Of The Dragon	Simon Bestwick Charlene Cocrane Edward Lorn Charlotte Bond Steve Shaw Pardip S Basra Gef Fox Paul M. Feeney David T Griffith Jay Faulkner

We hope you'll join us...


Anthony Cowin will open the blog with his review of "The Shining" on January 5th 2015, Stephen Bacon will follow with his review of "Night Shift" and Jenny Barber will see out the month with her review of "The Dark Tower".