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December 10, 2020

The Fragments of My Father by Sam Mills

Reviewed by Harriet Sam Mills’ ‘memoir of madness, love, and being a carer’ starts on a Friday night in early 2016. Sam’s father has been…

November 24, 2020

Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain

Reviewed by Harriet Islands of Mercy is set in 1865, and, in a split narrative, covers events in England and Sarawak, in Borneo. Throughout…

November 17, 2020

Mr Fox by Barbara Comyns

Reviewed by Harriet It’s exactly ten years since I discovered Barbara Comyns for the first time. Born in 1909, she had an unusual upbringing…

November 5, 2020

The Artful Dickens by John Mullan

Reviewed by Harriet Professor John Mullan’s name will be familiar to many readers: he writes regularly in the Guardian and the London Review of…

October 20, 2020

The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes, edited by Gyles Brandreth

Reviewed by Harriet This, obviously, is a book for those who like a good theatrical anecdote. I certainly do, and have been privy to…

October 15, 2020

Snow by John Banville

Reviewed by Harriet I’m rather ashamed to say that the only one of ‘multi-award-winning’ John Banville’s books I’ve read before is The Black-Eyed Blonde,…

September 29, 2020

Jack by Marilynne Robinson

Reviewed by Harriet He was walking behind her, two steps behind. She did not look back. She said, “I’m not talking to you”. “I…

September 22, 2020

Playing Nice by JP Delaney

Reviewed by Harriet Back in 2017 I reviewed JP Delaney’s brilliant psychological thriller The Girl Before on Shiny (here). All I know about the…

September 1, 2020

Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay

Reviewed by Harriet Another very welcome addition to the new British Library Women Writers series, Dangerous Ages was published in 1921. It’s a fascinating…

August 25, 2020

My Summer Reading: Broken Harbour by Tana French

Reviewed by Harriet I was very late in the day in discovering the novels of Tana French. I’d tried her first novel, In the Woods,…

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August 18, 2020

Laura Laura by Richard Francis

Reviewed by Harriet This funny, moving, absorbing, thought-provoking novel is about marriage, lust, friendship, ageing, memory, philosophy, and quantum mechanics. The film had been…

Cover by Peter Mendelsund
August 11, 2020

Cover by Peter Mendelsund

Reviewed by Harriet Ed’s Note: Six years after its publication in hardback, Mendelsund’s Cover gets a paperback release, so we are reposting Harriet’s original…

July 23, 2020

Jane Austen: Writing, Society, Politics by Tom Keymer

Reviewed by Harriet Today, Jane Austen is regarded as one of the most important writers in the English language, often spoken of in the…

July 16, 2020

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Reviewed by Harriet Grief fills the room up of my absent child,Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty…

June 25, 2020

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Reviewed by Harriet It’s been many years since I read anything by Scott Fitzgerald, but he used to be a favourite of mine. So…

The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos
June 2, 2020

The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos

Translated by Sam Taylor Reviewed by Harriet Back in 1977, Marilyn French’s The Women’s Room was published. On the cover was the bold (and…

Chatterton Square
May 26, 2020

Chatterton Square by E H Young

Reviewed by Harriet When the British Library announced the first three titles in their new Women Writers series, I was delighted see that one…

Well-kept Secrets: The Story of William Wordsworth by Andrew Wordsworth
May 21, 2020

Well-kept Secrets: The Story of William Wordsworth by Andrew Wordsworth

Reviewed by Harriet As I’m sure you’ve noticed, this year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wordsworth, one of England’s most celebrated…

Bell in the Lake Lars Mytting
May 7, 2020

The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting

Translated by Deborah Dawkin Review by Harriet Lars Mytting, a Norwegian author, has had great acclaim for his two previous books – the non-fiction…

April 28, 2020

Actress by Anne Enright

Reviewed by Harriet Why have I never read Anne Enright before? I’m always interested in Booker prize winners (she won for The Gathering in…

April 21, 2020

My Husband Simon by Mollie Panter-Downes

Reviewed by Harriet I’m sure I’m not alone in having rejoiced when the British Library announced a new series of reprints of 20th century…

April 14, 2020

A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry

Reviewed by Harriet, 14 April 2020 In early times I was Ojinjintka, which means rose. Thomas McNulty tried very hard to say this name,…

April 7, 2020

She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen: British Women in India by Katie Hickman

Reviewed by Harriet What an enticing title! Made even more so by the sub-title, ‘British Women in India’.  Katie Hickman, who herself led a…

March 31, 2020

Rules for Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

Reviewed by Harriet I’ve reviewed two of Peter Swanson’s excellent psychological thrillers on Shiny before. There have been a couple of others since then,…

March 10, 2020

The Author’s Effects by Nicola J. Watson

Reviewed by Harriet This splendid and fascinating book – subtitled ‘On Writer’s House Museums’ – has been a long time in the making, and…

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