Pictures and Conversations

Anna at War by Helen Peters

I read Anna at War on Sunday afternoon and evening almost without pause. I started it so I could write this review but I continued…

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Beth Moran throws the reader directly into Mary's situation: alone in a cottage in the middle of…

I have just returned from travelling in Norway where I spent a few days of my time in Bergen. On one of those days I…

If we are fortunate in our lives we will find the one thing that gives us meaning and contentment and joy. It might be something…

My introduction to Fleur Hitchcock's books came in 2013 when my friend Dom was doing some freelance publicity work for Nosy Crow. He rightly thought…

I'm not a great enthusiast for adaptations and retellings of novels. It seems to me that if a book is so good that someone wants…

I've always liked Tom Palmer's books, even when they were about football, a subject which interests me not at all. But it was when he…

Deep in their cave kingdom live the snack dragons, fearsome beasts who survive on a diet of princesses. At least, most of them do. Rory…

As the title suggests, Kevin is an orange. He is round and orangey; in fact he is one of the orangiest oranges ever. But he's…