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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…

Dear mrs bird
April 19, 2018

Dear Mrs Bird by A J Pearce

Reviewed by Helen Skinner It’s 1941 and Britain is at war. Emmeline Lake has always wanted to be a journalist and is thrilled when…

August 30, 2016

The Revelations of Carey Ravine by Debra Daley

Reviewed by Helen Skinner There was always a good chance that I was going to love The Revelations of Carey Ravine. A book which has…

June 23, 2016

The Sun King Conspiracy by Yves Jégo & Denis Lépée

Translated by Sue Dyson Reviewed by Helen Skinner This fascinating and complex historical thriller is set in 1661 at the court of France’s Sun…

October 23, 2015

Q&A with Laila Lalami

Questions by Helen Skinner 1. The Moor’s Account is narrated by the Moroccan slave, Mustafa al-Zamori, also known as Estebanico. What made you decide to write…

January 26, 2015

Heir to a Prophecy by Mercedes Rochelle

Written by Helen Skinner “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.” In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, these are the words spoken by the three witches to…

December 3, 2014

Mr Mac and Me by Esther Freud

By Helen Skinner In Mr Mac and Me, Esther Freud paints a beautiful portrait of a small rural community and the ways in which it…

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