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Posted on December 20, 2024

Murder at Wintertide by Fleur Hitchcock

My introduction to Fleur Hitchcock's books came in 2013 when my friend Dom was doing some freelance publicity work for Nosy Crow. He rightly thought…

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Posted on July 4, 2022

A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy by David Solomons

Unsolicited mail. It's a modern nuisance, one of those small irritations that annoy us out of all proportion. Something needs to be done about it.…

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Posted on November 10, 2021November 21, 2025

Great Britons by Imogen Russell Williams and Sara Mulvanny

It must be a thankless task trying to select the people to include in a book like this so thank you to the team at…

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Posted on October 21, 2021

A History of the World in 25 Cities by Tracey Turner, Andrew Donkin and Libby VanderPloeg

Before I even saw it, I knew this would be my kind of book. And it is. It's full of maps and plans and stories…

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Posted on June 16, 2021

Look What I Found at the Seaside by Moira Butterfield and Jesus Verona

It's fairly well known by now that I love all things to do with the sea. You might think that this makes me undiscriminating when…

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Posted on August 3, 2020

Seaside Sing-Along

Nosy Crow is one of my favourite publishers. I love their production values as well as the books themselves. This lovely little board book makes…

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Posted on May 10, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Forty Eight

Here's another review from The Scotsman for a very good book. From Nosy Crow comes Little Bits of Sky, SE Durrant’s debut novel. The story…

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Posted on May 8, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Forty Five

Every so often, but not often enough, a book comes across my desk that makes me laugh and laugh. Cue: Weasels by Elys Dolan and…

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Posted on April 24, 2020April 24, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Twenty Two

Another book from Nosy Crow today and another author whom my friend Dom put my way.  I read and enjoyed Fleur Hitchcock's Dear Scarlett ahead…

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Posted on April 23, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Twenty One

I was an unofficial champion for this series right from the beginning as a friend of mine was then working for Nosy Crow, the hugely…

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