The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend – 40th anniversary edition | #bookreview | @MichaelJBooks
About the Author Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946. Despite not learning to read…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReviews – Small Things Like These and Foster by Claire Keegan
Foster is available now in paperback, eBook and audiobook. My thanks to the publishers for the…
Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas, illustrated by Korky Paul – review
Publication date – 20 October 2022 (luckily my cats don’t vanish into the decor). Here’s to…
The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman | #shortstory #bookreview #AmazonOriginalStories | @AmazonPub @ahoffmanwriter
The Bookstore Sisters is a short story I got as part of the Amazon First Reads…
Boyfriend Material Book Review
8.5Loveable, Charismatic, Fun All in all this was a loveable, if somewhat safe, romance. If you’re…
My Chronicle Book Box | October 2022 – Feel Good Fiction Book Box #FeelGoodFiction | @MyChronicleBB
Further details and subscription link are here I’ve ordered from Louise before and am so impressed…
Winnie and Wilbur – 35th anniversary edition #WinnieTheWitch | written by Valerie Thomas, illustrated by Korky Paul | @oxfordchildrens @MidasPR
This anniversary edition celebrates 35 years of the original Winnie and Wilbur adventure. Since creating her…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Let the Dead Speak by Jane Casey
Events from the earlier books are hinted at and I would have loved some kind of…
Desert Island Books: Seán Hewitt
It’s hard to pick a modern poet, but for the range of his voice, the movement…
My Life in Books: Charles Pignal
Recently, I read The Magician, by Colm Toibín. It’s a fictionalized biography of the German writer…
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan | #bookreview #bookerprize #shortlist | @FaberBooks @CKeeganFiction
His quiet love for his five daughters and his wife shines through the book. He is…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Auld Acquaintance by Sofia Slater
Should auld acquaintance be forgot Tense, moody and claustrophobic, Auld Acquaintance is the unputdownable debut by Sofia Slater….
A Banker’s Journey by Daniel Gross – extract
From a young age, Safra assumed the mantle of leadership in the Syrian-Lebanese Jewish community, providing…
David Roy – Q&A
6. If you could only read one book for the rest of your life which book…
The Empire by Michael Ball | #bookreview | @mrmichaelball @ZaffreBooks @rararesources
http://unbouncepages.com/Michael-ball/ Purchase LinksMy thoughts1922. When Jack Treadwell arrives at The Empire, in the middle of a rehearsal,…
Laura Starkey – Q&A
7. I like to end my Q&As with the same question so here we go. During…
Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North by Rachel Joyce | #bookreview | @TransworldBooks @DoubledayUK
About the book Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Librarian by Salley Vickers
In 1958, Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a…