Eva Ibbotson
I was very sad to hear, belatedly, of the death of Eva Ibbotson. The world of fiction for children, teenagers and adults is a poorer…
I was very sad to hear, belatedly, of the death of Eva Ibbotson. The world of fiction for children, teenagers and adults is a poorer…
As I write, it is a beautiful autumn day: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and there is scarcely a breeze. The view…
I’ve just discovered the joy of Julia Golding’s books. I knew the Cat books but I’d never read anything else by her until last month. …
It'll not come as any surprise that I haunted bookshops when I was in Australia. As well as wanting to buy old children's books from…
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Last night I read Now by Morris Gleitzman. It's the third part of the trilogy whose earlier books are Once and Then. It brings the…
I'm in Australia at the moment, visiting relatives. Just now, I'm in Melbourne with cousins who know some great secondhand bookshops. Without trying very hard…
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Over the last couple of weeks, I've been re-reading the Drina books by Jean Estoril (Mabel Esther Allan). I really liked these books as a…
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Try to spin it out as I might (and did) I finally finished reading The Blythes are Quoted earlier this week. As I think I…
For many years I had books that I almost always re-read at Christmas. They formed a mixed bag but, inevitably, they all had a strong…
I'm soaking myself in the novels of O Douglas this week. I have a cottage by Tweed in Peebles and honestly the town still seems…