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Month: November 2019

November 28, 2019

Sorry for the Dead by Nicola Upson

Reviewed by Harriet Here at Shiny we are great admirers of Nicola Upson’s books – her most recent novel, Stanley and Elsie, was reviewed…

November 26, 2019

The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North

Review by David Harris A new book by Claire North is always a very special event in my reading calendar, and William Abbey didn’t disappoint. In…

Black berry & wild rose velton
November 26, 2019

Blackberry & Wild Rose by Sonia Velton

Review by Helen Skinner It’s 1768 and Sara Kemp has just arrived in Spitalfields, the London parish which has become home to a thriving…

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November 21, 2019

Tea at Four O’Clock by Janet McNeill

Review by Harriet The gates of her prison were open, but she lacked the courage to go through them to whatever new country was…

November 21, 2019

The Measure of a Man by Marco Malvaldi

Review by Terence Jagger I was intrigued to see this novel on my doormat: Malvaldi is better known (to me at least) as a…

Lake Like a Mirror
November 21, 2019

Lake Like a Mirror by Ho Sok Fong

Translated by Natascha Bruce Review by David Hebblethwaite Ho Sok Fong is a Malaysian writer whose short stories have won a number of awards. Lake…

November 19, 2019

Your Duck is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg

Review by Terence Jagger This, in spite of its slightly silly sounding title, is an interesting and slightly mysterious collection of six short stories….

Jane Badger
November 14, 2019

Interview with Jane Badger about Pony Books

Interview by Liz Dexter Jane Badger started off as a dealer in horse and pony books, becoming known for her extremely extensive website on…

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November 12, 2019

Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver

Review by Annabel I read and really enjoyed Paver’s first two adult novels, both ghost stories. The first, Dark Matter was located in the Arctic, which was…

November 12, 2019

Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas

Review by Anna Hollingsworth My immediate reaction was a desperately deep sigh when, pre-launch, Dana Thomas’s Fashionopolis was trumpeted as a must-read revelatory work…

November 7, 2019

Akin by Emma Donoghue

Reviewed by Harriet Back in 2010 I read Emma Donoghue’s best selling, prize winning Room. I admired it but I can’t say I enjoyed…

November 7, 2019

Galileo’s Error: A New Science of Consciousness by Philip Goff

Review by Peter Reason This is a book about the philosophical perspective of panpsychism, written by a leading academic advocate. Panpsychism is an awkward…

November 5, 2019

The Memoir of an Anti-Hero by Kornel Filipowicz

Translated by Anna Zaranko Review by Harriet It could be argued that Anglophone readers are living in a golden age of translated literature; all…

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November 5, 2019

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Review by Liz Dexter Amma is a playwright and director who’s moved from the fringes to the mainstream (or has it moved to her?)….

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