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*[[(Boylove Book Reviews) - 'Full Service' by Scotty Bowers, 2012|Review of 'Full Service']]
[[File:Demelzi Frank. Dancing with Finn.jpg|250px|center|link=(Boylove Book Reviews) - A review of Dancing with Finn by Frank Demelzi]]
::Scotty Bowers was a Hollywood petrol-pump attendant and later bartender, but these occupations were easily eclipsed by his role in the sex lives of the film stars and other major celebrities who frequented his adopted town.<br>([[Alexander's Choice (book)|Edmund Marlowe]], October 17, 2016 )<!-- Added 10-17-16 -->
<center> <font size="+2">[[(Boylove Book Reviews) - A review of Dancing with Finn by Frank Demelzi|A review of Dancing with Finn by Frank Demelzi]]</font><br>
[[Arcadian Dreams]] has just published Dancing with Finn, a collection of six stories by Dutch author Frank Demelzi. Demelzi combines page-turning storytelling with meticulous attention to style and symbolism. This collection marks his debut in English, with translations he helped prepare.  
<br> [[File:News icon.jpg]]  Edmund Marlowe , [[Greek Love Through the Ages]], September 11, 2024


*[[(Boylove Book Reviews) - 'Reasons of the Heart' by Bron Nicholls, 1993|Review of 'Reasons of the Heart']]
[[File:Ancientlibraryalex.jpg|300 px|center|link=Fantastic new resource, The Boylove Library]]
::Out of the blue and after ten years of no communication, Australian teacher Fred Musgrove receives a telephone call from recently widowed, young Jonno, his lost love. <br>(Book Review, [[Alexander's Choice (book)|Edmund Marlowe]], August 28, 2016 )<!-- Added 8-28-16 -->
*[[ Fantastic new resource, The Boylove Library]]
::An impressive new asset for the online BL community that brings the richness of literature to our lives.<br> [[File:News icon.jpg]]  Staff Writer, BoyWiki, March 23, 2024
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[[File:Book review.png|300 px|center|link=New Book Review by Tom O'Carroll just published]]
<Center> <font size="+2">[[New Book Review by Tom O'Carroll just published]]</font><br>Tom O'Carroll releases stinging new review of "Sexual Violence Against Children in Britain Since 1965: Trailing Abuse by Nick Basannavar".<br> [[File:News icon.jpg]] Staff Writer, BoyWiki, September 26, 2023
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[[File:My Love Is Like All Lovely Things.jpg|center|200 px|link=New anthology of major BL poet]]
*[[New anthology of major BL poet]]
::A new anthology of boylove poetry was released in the spring of 2023 called, "My Love Is Like All Lovely Things". It is a collection of the works of the British poet and clergyman Edwin Emmanuel Bradford.<br> [[File:News icon.jpg]] Staff Writer, BoyWiki,<br> May 3, 2023
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*[[(Boylove Book Reviews) - 'Enchanted Youth' by Richie McMullen, 1990|Review of 'Enchanted Youth']]
[[File:Wolfe. You Can Be a King2.jpg|center|200 px|link=A review of You Can Be A King If You Are Brave by Peter Thomas Wolfe]]
::The danger and allure of prostitution for boys.<br>(Book Review, [[Alexander's Choice (book)|Edmund Marlowe]], August 26, 2016 )<!-- Added 8-26-16 -->
*[[A review of You Can Be A King If You Are Brave by Peter Thomas Wolfe]]
 
::You Can Be A King If You Are Brave is the gripping story of Adam Townsend from his adolescence in Australia of the 1970s until his time as a foreign aid worker in Rangoon in the 1990s, though it is in some ways almost two different stories, since the intervening years are covered very quickly. In both stories he has a Greek love affair: in the first as a boy of fourteen with a man, and in the second as a man with a boy of fourteen. <br> [[File:News icon.jpg]] Edmund Marlowe , [[Greek Love Through the Ages]],<br> March 1, 2023
*[[(Boylove Book Reviews) - 'Enchanted Boy' by Richie McMullen, 1989|Review of 'Enchanted Boy']]<br>(Book Review, [[Alexander's Choice (book)|Edmund Marlowe]], August 6, 2016 )<!-- Added 8-6-16 -->
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::This story of a boy's life in Liverpool aged five to fifteen in the years 1948 to 1958 is told with profound humanity.
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*[[(Boylove Book Reviews) - Two Gay Trilogies Worth a Read|Two gay trilogies worth a read]]<br>(Book review, [[Bernie Najarian]], March 27, 2016)
::Many same-sex-attracted MAPs these days profess to feel completely separate from the gay community (sorry, LGBT-ETC-but-no-P community), but in reality, writings that are potentially relevant to us get published fairly often by members of that community. The opposite may happen, too – useful stuff published within our community may be out there for those LGBTs who are brave enough to take advantage.<!-- Added 3-27-16 -->
 
*[[Review of 'Oscar Browning: A Biography']]<br>(Book Review, [[Alexander's Choice (book)|Edmund Marlowe]], February 1, 2016)
::Oscar Browning (1837-1923), Eton schoolmaster and Cambridge don, widely known as O.B., was an unusually colourful character even by the high standards of eccentricity often found in these ancient institutions.


[[File:Messina Il mirto e la rosa.jpg|center| 200 px|link=A review of The Myrtle and the Rose by Annie Messina]]
*[[A review of The Myrtle and the Rose by Annie Messina]]
::Il mirto e la rosa by Italian author Annie Messina, writing under the pen name Gamîla Ghâli, was published by Sellerio in Palermo in 1982. It was translated from the Italian by Jessie Bright as The Myrtle & the Rose, published by Italica in New York in 2009. <br> [[File:News icon.jpg]]  Edmund Marlowe , [[Greek Love Through the Ages]], August 27, 2022


[[File:Latin dictionary.jpg|250 px|center|link=Interview with Edmund Marlowe about his most recent projects]]
*[[Interview with Edmund Marlowe about his most recent projects]]
::Edmund Marlowe breathes new life into the works of author [[Michael Davidson]].<br> (Staff Writer, BoyWiki, July 11, 2022 ) <!-- Added July 11, 2022 -->
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Books and reviews

A review of Dancing with Finn by Frank Demelzi

Arcadian Dreams has just published Dancing with Finn, a collection of six stories by Dutch author Frank Demelzi. Demelzi combines page-turning storytelling with meticulous attention to style and symbolism. This collection marks his debut in English, with translations he helped prepare.
Edmund Marlowe , Greek Love Through the Ages, September 11, 2024

An impressive new asset for the online BL community that brings the richness of literature to our lives.
Staff Writer, BoyWiki, March 23, 2024


New Book Review by Tom O'Carroll just published
Tom O'Carroll releases stinging new review of "Sexual Violence Against Children in Britain Since 1965: Trailing Abuse by Nick Basannavar".
Staff Writer, BoyWiki, September 26, 2023


A new anthology of boylove poetry was released in the spring of 2023 called, "My Love Is Like All Lovely Things". It is a collection of the works of the British poet and clergyman Edwin Emmanuel Bradford.
Staff Writer, BoyWiki,
May 3, 2023


You Can Be A King If You Are Brave is the gripping story of Adam Townsend from his adolescence in Australia of the 1970s until his time as a foreign aid worker in Rangoon in the 1990s, though it is in some ways almost two different stories, since the intervening years are covered very quickly. In both stories he has a Greek love affair: in the first as a boy of fourteen with a man, and in the second as a man with a boy of fourteen.
Edmund Marlowe , Greek Love Through the Ages,
March 1, 2023


Il mirto e la rosa by Italian author Annie Messina, writing under the pen name Gamîla Ghâli, was published by Sellerio in Palermo in 1982. It was translated from the Italian by Jessie Bright as The Myrtle & the Rose, published by Italica in New York in 2009.
Edmund Marlowe , Greek Love Through the Ages, August 27, 2022
Edmund Marlowe breathes new life into the works of author Michael Davidson.
(Staff Writer, BoyWiki, July 11, 2022 )