Some thoughts on seven years in Australia
But I’ve also never felt more rejected by a country that I have loved for so long. In the face of endless visa anguish that has been a heavy load to bear since the beginning of the year; in fact,…
But I’ve also never felt more rejected by a country that I have loved for so long. In the face of endless visa anguish that has been a heavy load to bear since the beginning of the year; in fact,…
Ware really is the queen of suspense, once again I found myself barely able to put the book down and desperate to piece together the clues of her clever whodunnit. This book differed slightly from The Turn of the Key…
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His case becomes far more complicated when a man’s body is found deep inside the convent, stabbed more than two dozen times. Unthinkable as it seems, all the evidence suggests one of the nuns must be the killer. 6. If…
Publication date – 5 April 2022 First Person Singular is a collection of eight short stories, written, as the title suggests, in the first person singular. In them there are reflections on old girlfriends, jazz, The Beatles and simians. Philosophical…
Publication date – 20 February 2020 McGray is impetuous, unthinking and fuelled by greasy food, alcohol and rage. He clings to his believes regarding spirits and the afterlife in the hope that it will bring about some cure for his…
4. Having been through the publishing process, is there anything about the process of creating a novel that surprised you? I can’t really work without a plan. I need to have a starting point to kick off the action, a…
All the Broken Places by John Boyne will be published by Doubleday on 15th September 2022 in hardcover, eBook and audiobook. My huge thanks to Lilly Cox for sending me a proof. All the Broken Places is a devastating, beautiful story…
Life has rather got in the way recently and reading and blogging has had to take a back seat. I’m playing catch up with a couple of short reviews of recent reads. Both hugely enjoyable.The latest, Mothers and Daughters I…
Having loved Sharon Gosling’s first book, The House Beneath the Cliffs, The Lighthouse Bookshop was high on my list of books I was looking forward to. I wasn’t disappointed and found myself enjoying another gorgeous story of a tight-knit community,…