December 16, 2016 Simple by Diana Henry and Gather by Gill Meller Reviewed by Hayley Anderton A tale of two cookbooks: Simple and Gather The nights are now longer than the days, the quinces on the…
December 15, 2016 A Different Sea – Claudio Magris Translated from the Italian by M. S. Spurr Reviewed by Hayley Anderton This is a book that really needs an introduction, or even an…
December 15, 2016 Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries, ed. Martin Edwards Reviewed by Harriet The British Library Crime Classics editions started a successful trend in 2014 with their publication of J. Jefferson Farjeon’s Mystery in…
December 13, 2016 The Eds Discuss… Three Years of Shiny What’s been the main takeaway for you from these three years? Victoria: Two main things, the first has been the friendships I’ve made with the…
December 13, 2016 Bewildering Cares by Winifred Peck Reviewed by Julie Barham This is an actual book! Thank you to the nice people at Furrowed Middlebrow/ Dean Street Press who listened to…
December 13, 2016 Evenfield by Rachel Ferguson Review by Simon The launch of the Furrowed Middlebrow series from Dean Street Press, under the editorial eye of blogger and middlebrow expert Scott…
December 12, 2016 William and Dorothy Wordsworth: All in Each Other by Lucy Newlyn Reviewed by Harriet She who dwells with me, with whom I’ve livedWith such communion, that no place on earthCan ever seem a solitude to…
December 12, 2016 Q&A with Stef Penney Questions by Annabel Annabel: This has been a vintage year for me reading books about the frozen white stuff – I’ve read so many,…
December 12, 2016 Under a Pole Star by Stef Penney Review by Annabel This year is becoming a vintage one for historical novels set in Arctic or icy northern climes: To the Bright Edge…
December 12, 2016 Human Acts by Han Kang Translated by Deborah Smith Paperback review by David Hebblethwaite When you shake off the hundred-plus books of a year’s reading and find that the…
December 9, 2016 Terms and Conditions by Ysenda Maxtone Graham Review by Simon Slightly Foxed are beloved for their reprints of memoirs from across the twentieth century, but they also have published a handful…
December 8, 2016 Real Tigers by Mick Herron Review by Annabel Herron is one of my favourite author discoveries of recent years. Real Tigers is the third of Mick Herron’s ‘Jackson Lamb’…
December 8, 2016 The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor by Elizabeth Norton Reviewed by Laura Marriott The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor concerns itself with the potential marriage between the teenage Elizabeth Tudor and Thomas Seymour. The book…
December 8, 2016 The Pigeon Tunnel by John le Carré Reviewed by Rob Spence The very name seems mysterious: perhaps a whiff of the matinée idol about it, speaking of a glamorous and wealthy…
December 8, 2016 New Grub Street by George Gissing Reviewed by Karen Langley I suppose I’m not alone amongst readers and book bloggers in having a rather romantic view of the author, picturing…
December 8, 2016 Fairy tales: A Reading List Selected by Helen Parry Christmas is traditionally a time of magic. Even if you’re no longer quite certain that Father C pops down the…
December 8, 2016 The History of a Town by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin Translated by I.P. Foote Reviewed by Karen Langley Russian literature has long had a tradition of satire stretching all the way back to Gogol,…
December 7, 2016 Footprints in Spain by Simon Courtauld Reviewed by Liz Dexter Written by someone who is obviously an expert on and traveller in Spain, this interesting book takes a look at…
December 6, 2016 Learning from Baby P by Sharon Shoesmith Reviewed by Anne Goodwin A civilised society must put structures in place to protect the vulnerable. When the vulnerable are children at risk from…
December 6, 2016 Spotlight on Publishers: Europa Editions Questions for Daniela at Europa Editions 1. Tell us about the genesis of Europa Editions. How did the publishing house come into being? Europa…
December 6, 2016 33 Revolutions by Canek Sánchez Guevara Translated by Howard Curtis Reviewed by Annabel Canek Sánchez Guevara was Che Guevara’s grandson. Was, because he died in early 2015 from complications after…
December 6, 2016 Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz Reviewed by Harriet It’s one thing to read about detectives, but quite another trying to be one. I’ve always loved whodunits – I’ve not…
December 6, 2016 A Novel Calling – Books That Were Written Just For Me By Alice Farrant Realistically, I know searching for signs in the everyday is silly. Stepping over three drains in a row doesn’t cause bad…
December 6, 2016 Ada’s Algorithm by James Essinger Review by Peter Hobson One of the most accomplished women of the nineteenth century and little known until recently outside mathematical and computer science…
December 6, 2016 Ghost Stories by E.F.Benson Reviewed by Julie Barham An historical entertainment? When I was first asked to read E.F.Benson’s Ghost Stories, I was a little concerned as I have…
