This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye bearded enviable teacher Kev Harrison is expelled for promoting pagan rituals and blames his cat overlords!
His latest dark fiction novel, Pyres, is newly published by Northern Republic. His debut novel, Shadow of the Hidden, won the Independent Press Award for Horror 2025.
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-kev-harrison
Joãowow Lucas survived a near-fatal choking by American crime novelist Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) to duel with me on this week’s rendition of The Writer’s Gauntlet! The first rule of The Writer’s Gauntlet is you cannot talk about The Writer’s Gauntlet….
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-joaowow-lucas
@jhlucas03 @chuckalahniuk @kayesadie @thehooghlyreview
Who is brave enough to follow the mighty Mat Ricardo in my weekly Writer’s Gauntlet column for The Hooghly Review? She describes herself as The Worst Comedy Hack You’ve Ever Seen! A Midwestern U.S. farmgirl transplanted to Portugal who performs standup comedy in Lisbon’s best basements. Meet the brilliantly witty Jen Nafziger!
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-jen-nafziger
This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye, my opponent is the effortlessly erudite and witty Mat Ricardo – showman, best dressed juggler, and America’s Got Talent loser who wrote a book for kids about how to be criminals (The Magic in You, published by Faber!)
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-mat-ricardo
He’s also been my guest on RTHK Radio 3 in my Mental Ideas Podcast and doc As Bad As It Gets and is an ambassador for Mental Ideas!
https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/07/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-mat-ricardo
Jonathan Han’s author bio as clickbait headline made me howl! When he’s not in your area or murdering pot plants, he writes reviews for Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Asian Review of Books & Hong Kong Review of Books.
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-jonathan-han
BUZZ have been granted permission by The Hooghly Review to reprint my weekly column, The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye. They chose a different title for it though! Battle of The Wits is also the name of the affiliated podcast, which will be launching in all the usual podcast places (and some unusual ones!!!) mid-Sept. You can also follow our playlist of music from the IG posts of the columns on Spotify. Enjoy!
Who is brave enough to follow in the footsteps of Helen Lederer? Into the fray steps Stewart McKay! His debut novella The Ballad of Billy Lopez is a masterclass of dark wit and pathos. Here, he shares his insights into his secret internal world!
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-stewart-mckay
My new weekly Writer’s Gauntlet column for The Hooghly Review got off to a cracking celebrity start thanks to the wondrous wit and support of Helen Lederer, fairy godmother to witty women everywhere, award-winning author, comedian, founder of the Comedy Women in Print Prize. The inaugural column was published 12 June 2026. The wittiest responders will be invited to join me on a podcast!
Helen’s memoir Not That I’m Bitter is a joyous explosion of hilarity and humanity. Read the reviews by top literary critics and famous wits like Joanna Lumley, Ben Elton & Stephen Fry!
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-helen-lederer
https://thehooghlyreview.com/the-writers-gauntlet-with-sadie-kaye
Think you’ve got what it takes to ride my Writer’s Gauntlet? Email or DM me on IG @KayeSadie
https://www.helenlederer.co.uk
https://www.comedywomeninprint.co.uk
My latest weekly feature for The Hooghly Review just dropped! This one’s a hairy one and called Toilet Spider.
https://thehooghlyreview.com/toilet-spider/
As Hong Kong dithers on whether to embrace the ‘pet economy’, my foodie poo Mojo is in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal with his review of a Hong Kong restaurant! I helpfully provided the English translation, being fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and, err, Woof. Thanks to editor Tammy Ho Lai-Ming for the editorial feedback, which Mojo really appreciated, and for publishing what is undoubtedly the silliest piece ever to appear in Cha in its 20 year history!
https://chajournal.com/2026/04/22/foodie-review/
https://chajournal.com/category/sadie-kaye
