Happy St Andrew’s Day and other things
At this time of year the book world is full of reading challenges for December. A number have come my way, and I've decided to…
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Resist by Tom Palmer
Tom took as his inspiration for this book the life of Audrey Hepburn. He is at pains to point out that it is not a…
Marcus Sedgwick
Today I read of the death of Marcus Sedgwick, a death which has taken the literary world by surprise. I am on frequent record as…
Britannica’s Word of the Day
The concept of a word for the day is tried and tested and always fun in my world. It just isn't possible to spend too…
The Battle of Cable Street by Tanya Landman
Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman brings to life a little-discussed period of twentieth century British history in this short novel published by Barrington Stoke.…
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The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown by Elizabeth Laird
For the first time ever, I approached a book by Elizabeth Laird with more apprehension than excitement. Although I was born about twenty five years…
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Talking History by Joan Haig, Joan Lennon and Andre Ducci
My sister laughs at my enthusiasm for words. She is gently amused by my delight in their history, the way they sound, they way they…
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Margaret Lang – Fashion Buyer by Mary Delane
Fairly unusually for career books, this is actually a good novel in its own right. For its time, of course, that time being 1956. The…
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Nisha’s War by Dan Smith
There are some authors whose books a particular reader finds herself inexplicably drawn to. For me, Dan Smith is one such. A few years ago,…
The Hideaway by Pam Smy
The Hideaway is a work of art. I rarely get precious or over-excited about books as objects. I buy and collect them for their contents.…
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