Only One of Me by Lisa Wells and Michelle Robinson
Only One of Me is a beautiful book written to help families prepare for the death of a parent. It is the creation of Lisa…
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The Light Between Worlds by Laura Weymouth
I may have found my book of the year. I think the mark of a great piece of fiction is not that it stays with…
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Wide Eyed Books
Wide Eyed Editions is aptly named. Its books are truly full of wonder. Even when they deal with subjects I'm not interested in, I love…
The Key to Flambards by Linda Newbery
Flambards by KM Peyton was published just before I was born. I discovered it twelve years later when it was still the first in a…
Armistice Runner by Tom Palmer
From my publishing favourite Barrington Stoke comes this young novel to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the Armistice. It's the story of three generation…
The Skylarks’ War by Hilary MacKay
I'm already an admirer of Hilary McKay's writing so it wasn't a stretch for the publisher (Macmillan) to get me to read a proof of The…
Two from Barrington Stoke
Barrington Stoke never fails to impress me. As a publishing house it is constant and consistent in its efforts to make great stories available to…
To the Edge of the World by Julia Green
To the Edge of the World is set on the west coast, in the Hebrides and beyond. It's the story of Jamie, recently returned to…
Suffragette: the battle for equality by David Roberts
I'm fascinated by the early part of the twentieth century; it was such a turbulent time in British history. The First World War aside, one…
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Tin by Padraig Kenny
I've been chairing events this week at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I missed last year due to illness so I'm particularly delighted to be…
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