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Month: October 2018

October 30, 2018

Spotlight on Publishers: Handheld Press

Harriet talks to Kate Macdonald Harriet: Thanks for agreeing to do this for us Kate. Can you tell us a bit about the genesis…

Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner
October 30, 2018

Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Reviewed by Harriet Do you believe in fairies? Probably at a young age most people would say they did. And together with an idea…

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur by Violette Leduc
October 25, 2018

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur by Violette Leduc

Translated by Derek Coltman Review by Karen Langley There’s been a buzz recently about Penguin’s (re?) launch of their European Writers series, with the…

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
October 25, 2018

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

Translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen Review by Rob Spence The strap line chosen by the publishers for the cover of this massive…

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October 23, 2018

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

Reviewed by Harriet ‘Don’t let your imagination run away with you, Miss Armstrong. You have an unfortunate tendency to do that. Iris isn’t real’….

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October 23, 2018

Books do furnish a Painting by Jamie Camplin & Maria Ranauro

Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Thames and Hudson have got form for publishing tempting books that combine art and literature – Eric Karpeles Paintings in…

Second Rider Alex Beer
October 18, 2018

The Second Rider by Alex Beer

Translated by Tim Mohr Review by Gill Davies The Second Rider is the first novel in a projected new series by the Austrian writer,…

October 18, 2018

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography by Eric Idle

Reviewed by Annabel Eric Idle is perhaps the most elusive of the Pythons. He’s the one who wrote on his own, the one whose…

Hippie Paulo Coelho
October 16, 2018

Hippie by Paulo Coelho

Review by Anna Hollingsworth Hippie is the newest addition to Coelho’s bibliography, but to say that it is something new from Coelho would be…

Irreplaceable
October 16, 2018

Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places edited by Philip Wilkinson

Reviewed by Harriet This attractive and informative volume does exactly what the title promises. It’s divided into ten sections: Science and Discovery; Travel and…

Performing Hamlet Croall
October 11, 2018

Performing Hamlet by Jonathan Croall

Reviewed by Harriet Back in 2015 I wrote a review for Shiny of Jonathan Croall’s Performing King Lear, a wonderfully well-researched survey of performances…

October 4, 2018

Death of the Vazir-Mukhtar by Yuri Tynianov

Translated by Susan Causey, Translation editor Vera Tsareva-Brauner Review by Karen Langley Recent years have seen a large number of works by Russian authors…

Deborah Harkness Times Convert
October 2, 2018

Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness

Reviewed by Harriet Have you ever wondered how the children of a witch and a vampire might turn out? Well, wonder no longer as…

Viking Britain: A History by Thomas Williams
October 2, 2018

Viking Britain: A History by Thomas Williams

Review by Liz Dexter Williams opens this wonderful, absorbing book with a big statement about how the Vikings are not afforded the same respect…

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