The Blythes are Quoted by LM Montgomery
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…
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Book Festivals and Book Launches
Over the last few weeks I've met and listened to about as many authors as I could cope with! Without exception they've been lovely people…
Helen Dore Boylston
A couple of weeks ago I was reading an article in a professional journal written by someone I know in the world of publishing. It…
Lifegame by Alison Allen-Gray
A couple of days ago, I picked up my proof copy of Lifegame by Alison Allen-Gray meaning to flick through it. I started at the…
Elizabeth Laird
Elizabeth Laird often writes about subjects in which I am not at all interested. But that never discourages me from reading her books. They are…
More Desert Island Books
A while back I promised that I’d write more about the newer children’s books I love. As my bookshelves prove, there are many of them…
Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
Hot off the press at Macmillan is this fascinating and engaging first novel. It tells the story of seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove growing up in Victorian…
Voices by Sue Mayfield
I've been re-reading books recently. I shouldn't be as I have piles of proof copies and new books to get through but some days only…
Exposure by Mal Peet
The lovely people at Walker Books have just sent me a copy of Mal Peet's new book, Exposure. I'm a huge fan of his books…
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