#AuthorInTheSpotlight Katherine Markland – #author of If Only He’d Told Her – @GracePublicity
I have always loved writing. I can be creative, but I also get very easily bored….
Open Water Book Review
Two young people meet at a pub in South-East London. Both are Black British, both won…
Next of Kin by Kia Abdullah | Book Review | #NextofKin
Leila Syed receives a call that cleaves her life in two. Her brother-in-law’s voice is filled…
#TenThings about Ella Cook #author of Summer’s Christmas – @ellacookwrites @ChocLitUK
Ella’s website: Ella Cook Writes Available as an eBook & audiobook on all platforms. Paperback available…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Last Library by Freya Sampson
Freya Sampson works in TV and was the creator and executive producer of Channel 4’s Four in…
The Open House by Sam Carrington. A book review of twists and intrigue.
The Open House by Sam Carrington. A book review of twists and intrigue. Thank you to Netgalley,…
20 Books of Summer 2021 – a roundup
So I managed it, despite deviating wildly from what I had intended to read. It still…
#AuthorInTheSpotlight Ewan Gault – The Sound of Sirens – @EwanGault @LeamingtonBooks
Initially I thought I was going to write a couple of additional short stories about the…
This much I know for sure after six years away from home
We walked to the most northern part of the beach, undressed, and ran into the ocean;…
A. B. Kyazze – Q&A
Into the Mouth of the Lion is based on the photographs and notebooks of when I…
Even the Birds Grow Silent by Alex Nye #bookreview @AlexNyeWriter @FledglingPress @lovebooksgroup @lovebookstours
Even the Birds Grow Silent is a collection of narrative fragments told by Death herself. From…
Angels of Mud by Vanessa Nicolson #bookreview @GracePublicity
It is the summer of 1966 and eighteen-year-old Cara accepts a job in Florence to get…
The Devil and the Dark Water Book Review
In 2020 I read Stuart Turton’s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and was pleasantly surprised…
Jackie Fraser – Q&A
3. Are you a plan, plan, plan writer or do you sit down and see where…
Desert Island Books: Tobias Madden
Buy Illuminae from Bookshop.org, Book Depository, Waterstones, Amazon or Amazon AU. This one is for when…
#PublicationDay #BookReview – The Hidden Child by Louise Fein #BlogTour
Will Eleanor and Edward be able to fight for their family? Or will the truth destroy…
Balancing the Books – August 2021
As for what a read, there were very few this month that saw me turn the…
#TenThings about Michael Estorick #author of Love Under Lockdown @GracePublicity
5. I think of myself as a golfer. All golfers, however bad, do that. At times…
Dreaming of Rose. A Biographer’s Journal by Sarah LeFanu – review
In 2003 the former Women’s Press editor and literary critic Sarah LeFanu published her acclaimed biography…
The Miseducation of Evie Epworth by Matson Taylor #bookreview @matson_taylor_ @ScribnerUK @SimonSchusterUK
It is the summer of 1962 and sixteen-year-old Evie Epworth stands on the cusp of womanhood….
A Numbers Game by R J Dark – extract
One dead man and a missing lottery ticket. Two family members who need that money to…
The Beloved Girls by Harriet Evans -#bookreview – @HarrietEvans @RandomTTours @Headlinepg
I really enjoyed the way the story takes place during different time periods and the way…
Book Review: The Dating Game by Sandy Barker. #LoveIsland
Anyway, The Dating Game was light hearted, amusing, showed us a wide array of characters and…
The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser #bookreview @muninnherself @SimonSchusterUK @TeamBATC
I particularly liked that Thea was an character in her 40s, someone who had life experience…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
Carla is reeling from the brutal murder of her nephew. She trusts no one: good people are…
Poems by Post – August poem – Humane by Rohan Samuel – artwork by Morgan McHale-Dill -@poemsbypost
My blogpost about the July poem: click here to read Poems by Post website: click here…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Twenty Seven Club by Lucy Nichol
Today I’m sharing my thoughts about The Twenty Seven Club by Lucy Nichol, a story of…
Still Life Book Review
Moving from the Tuscan Hills, to the smog of the East End and the piazzas of…
Heather Barnett – Q&A
3. Are you a plan, plan, plan writer or do you sit down and see where…
The House Beneath the Cliffs by Sharon Gosling #bookreview @sharongosling @SimonSchusterUK @RandomTTours
Anna moves to Crovie, a tiny fishing village on the Moray Firth, for a fresh start….