The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks – review
Publication date – 5 May 2022 The reader comes into the story for a brief period. We do not know how Min and George met, how they came to be married. His absence from scenes in the book perhaps speaks…
Publication date – 5 May 2022 The reader comes into the story for a brief period. We do not know how Min and George met, how they came to be married. His absence from scenes in the book perhaps speaks…
I’m lucky that I live by the sea and can walk along the beach anytime I choose. If you don’t, this book will have you longing for blue skies, the sound of the waves and warm sand between your toes.…
A mysterious figure. A whispering community. A deadly secret… The pacing is very good too and I found myself looking forward to picking it up and reading a bit more. I found the story to be engaging and well thought…
7. I like to end my Q&As with the same question so here we go. During all the Q&As and interviews you’ve done what question have you not been asked that you wish had been asked – and what’s the…
You can tell a lot about a person from the library books they borrow Freya Sampson works in TV and was the executive producer of Channel 4’s Four in a Bed and Gogglesprogs. She studied History at Cambridge University and…
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Toby tries his best to make his new friend happy. He fetches her toys when she misses her friends, bring his collection of shells when she misses the sea and offers her his family when she misses hers. But he…
A Wedding in Provence is published by Century Books and available now in hardback, ebook and audiobook formats. The paperback will follow in November. Late summer, 1963 Katie Fforde lives in the beautiful Cotswold countryside with her family, and is…
A number of the six titles in the running for the £50,000 prize (making it the UK’s most valuable non-fiction writing prize) prove that current social divisions are nothing new, exploring times of discord and crisis throughout history, including accusations of…
Claire Alexander lives with her young family on the west coast of Scotland. A freelance journalist, she has written about parenting, sobriety, mental health and wellbeing for publications including The Washington Post, The Independent, The Huffington Post and Glamour. When she’s not writing or parenting, she’s…