August 20, 2015 The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley Reviewed by Annabel Hats off to Bloomsbury on the lovely design of this wonderful novel. You can’t see here, but there is a cut-out of…
August 18, 2015 Colouring In by Angela Huth Reviewed by Adèle Geras First, full disclosure. Susan Hill, whose Long Barn Books has published this novel, sent me a copy as a gift. She…
August 18, 2015 The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock Review by Annabel Anyone who has ever been enthralled by reading or seeing the film of The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe’s seminal story of…
August 13, 2015 Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen Reviewed by Victoria When I first heard that an author had produced a rewrite of Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Enchanted April, I was extremely eager…
August 13, 2015 Think Like an Artist by Will Gompertz Reviewed by Annabel Many of you will recognise Gompertz in his current role as the BBC’s Arts Editor, a role he fulfills with as…
August 13, 2015 Jeremy Hutchinson’s Case Histories by Thomas Grant Reviewed by Harriet No one becomes a criminal barrister to make large sums of money. A criminal practice has always been the least well…
August 13, 2015 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack Reviewed by Hayley Anderton When I first read about 60 Degrees North in Polygon’s book list back in the spring I was intrigued. I recognised Malachy…
August 11, 2015 A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler Paperback review by Susan Osborne When I think of Baltimore two things come to mind: Anne Tyler and The Wire, polar opposites in terms of…
August 11, 2015 Rupert Wallis – My First Year as a Published Author As his second YA novel All Sorts of Possible is published (reviewed here), author Rupert Wallis stops off at Shiny New Books on his blog tour to…
August 11, 2015 All Sorts of Possible by Rupert Wallis (YA) Reviewed by Annabel I saw a repeat of a Horizon TV programme all about sinkholes the other month. Geology professor Ian Stewart was in Florida, which…
August 6, 2015 Game by Tim Maddams Reviewed by Hayley Anderton I love the River Cottage handbooks, really truly deeply love them. Individually they are all excellent stand alone cookbooks and…
August 4, 2015 Mermaids by Sophia Kingshill Reviewed by Harriet once I sat upon a promontoryAnd heard a mermaid on a dolphin’s backUttering such dulcet and harmonious breath,That the rude sea…
