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April 6, 2021

Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce

Reviewed by Heavenali Miss Benson’s Beetle is Rachel Joyce’s latest novel – now published in paperback. Women are at the heart of this wonderful…

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) –…

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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…

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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…

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