February 25, 2020 Business as Usual by Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford Reviewed by Ali Business as Usual is an early work from the formidably productive writing partnership of Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford (both pseudonyms) –…
October 1, 2019 The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Reviewed by Ali Hope Although I have pre-ordered new releases a few times before it’s not something I do very often – and never…
June 29, 2017 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Reviewed by Ali First published in 1985, The Handmaid’s Tale seemed to speak to the generation coming to political awareness in that decade. Back…
October 4, 2016 Woolfalong Written by Ali Hope My relationship with Virginia Woolf had a discouraging start when I first read To the Lighthouse in my very early twenties. It…
October 15, 2015 Renishaw Hall: The Story of the Sitwells by Desmond Seward Reviewed by Ali Hope I read very few non-fiction books these days, but this was a book that ticked a number of boxes for…
January 27, 2015 Wake by Anna Hope Paperback review by Ali Hope Anna Hope’s remarkable novel Wake is newly out in paperback, and I urge anyone who has not read it to get…
December 5, 2014 The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Thériault Translated from the French by Liedewy Hawke Reviewed by Ali Hope Swirling like wateragainst rugged rocks,time goes around and around The art of the…
October 15, 2014 He Wants by Alison Moore Reviewed by Ali Hope. Alison Moore’s debut novel The Lighthouse was a wonderful success for independent publishers Salt, being short-listed for the Man Booker prize; it…
October 2, 2014 Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks Reviewed by Ali Hope Recently out in paperback is the latest offering from Sebastian Faulks, a novel which resurrects P. G. Wodehouse’s characters of…
October 1, 2014 The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce Reviewed by Ali Hope The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy is the much anticipated companion novel to The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. This novel…
April 24, 2014 Discovering Mary Hocking In The Back Of Another Book Written by Ali Hope There is probably no greater joy for a book lover than to discover a new author. I found Mary Hocking…
April 24, 2014 The ‘Fairley Family Trilogy’ by Mary Hocking Reviewed by Ali Hope The Fairley family trilogy by Mary Hocking has remained among her most popular novels. They were among a small number…
