Interview with Linda Newbery
Linda Newbery's writing career to date begins and ends with animal rights. In between is a diverse selection of topics, themes and genres for a…
The Ghost Garden by Emma Carroll
It's the summer of 1914 (so I'm already predisposed to read this book) when Fran's life takes a spooky turn. It starts when she hits…
Interview with Paul Dowswell
I’ve known Paul Dowswell long enough to have forgotten exactly when we met. It was at an Edinburgh International Book Festival when I was chairing…
Daisy and the Unknown Warrior by Tony Bradman
One hundred years ago to the day, the body of the Unknown Warrior was interred in Westminster Abbey. It is impossible for me to imagine…
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is one of the early Lord Peter Wimsey titles, written before Harriet Vane appeared on the horizon. It's my…
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My Lockdown Books: Fifty Four
I have five books by Gordon Cooper. As far as I have been able to find out that's all he wrote. A Time in a…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty One
David Almond is a deceptively brilliant writer. His syntax is simple, although his vocabulary is not, but sentence upon sentence it builds up to an…
My Lockdown Books: Twenty Three
You were expecting Anne of the Island, weren't you? I'm not surprised as I've cited it as one of my favourite books, never mind my…
Lily and the Rockets by Rebecca Stevens
I understand that some women are playing in a football competition somewhere. Honestly, I do know what the competition is but I genuinely have no…
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