ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Librarian by Salley Vickers
In 1958, Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a…
Alex Morrall – Q&A
I love cycling and swimming. That makes me sound like a fitness fanatic, but I’m really…
Read an #extract from The Bonnie Dead by Andrew Raymond | @lovebookstours @andrayauthor
Fiona scowled at him. Not for his lack of attention, but for the series of staccato…
The No Show Book Review
“It’s one of those feelings, happiness. One of the ones you don’t really notice is gone…
The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh | Book Review | #TheAccomplice #EddieFlynn Book 7
THE LAWYEREddie Flynn won’t take a case unless his client is innocent. Now, he has to…
Come and meet Anne Pettigrew, today’s #AuthorInTheSpotlight | The Carnelian Tree | @pettigrew_anne @ringwoodpublish
How did you come up with the title for your book? A chilled glass of sauvignon…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke
Twenty years later, Luna’s missing sister turns up out of the blue. She is exactly the…
Desert Island Books: Monika Radojevic
I absolutely adore this feminist retelling of Circe and devoured the audiobook (14 hours!) in two…
Busy Being Free by Emma Forrest
Love this post? Click here to subscribe. We met a variety of men during Busy Being Free –…
1989 by Val McDermid | #bookreview #allieburns | @littlebrownUK @BooksSphere
I found the beginning of the book really interesting as Allie, despite not officially being an…
My Life in Books: Bill Muganda
I had this battered copy of Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets and destroyed it…
The Memory of the Air by Caroline Lamarche, translated by Katherine Gregor – review
Published by Heloise Press The writing is lyrical and light, despite the darkness of the content…
Riverside by Glenda Young and Ian Skillicorn | #Audible #audiobook #audiodrama #review | @rararesources @flaming_nora @ian_skillicorn
Changes are coming to the riverside town of Ryemouth, and while some of the community are…
WWW Wednesday 12th October | #WWWWednesday #booktwitter #amreading
So that’s WWW Wednesday complete. Have you read any of these books? Do any catch your…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Betsy & Lilibet by Sophie Duffy
I enjoyed this book immensely. I love a story of one person or family that spans…
Harriet Kline – Q&A
I work part time as a registrar for births, deaths and marriages which is a great…
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Book Review
I do think the plot got a little busy in places but one particularly great thing…
Women Like Us by Amanda Prowse | #bookreview | @MrsAmandaProwse @LoveBooksTours
Sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious and always entirely relatable, Prowse details her early struggles with self-esteem and…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Anniversary by Laura Marshall
As the twenty-five-year anniversary approaches, Cassie tries to forget the past – even as her mother…
Desert Island Books: Daisy Alpert Florin
The campus novel against which all others are compared. I first read Prep when I was…
My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin
Enter R.H. Connelly: a once-famous poet and Isabel’s married writing professor, a man with secrets of…
The best books set in Brighton
While the menacing Pinkie — a teenager in charge of a gang of criminals — is…
Together, Again by Milly Johnson | Book Review | #TogetherAgain
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Today’s #AuthorInTheSpotlight is Christopher Bowden in #publicationweek for Mr Magenta
The work in progress is publicising the new book. When the dust has settled, I’ll start…
My Life in Books: David Wade
On TikTok he is known for sunrise and sunset predicting and viral videos showcasing the colourful…
Six Degrees of Separation – Notes on a Scandal to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
The starting book this month is Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller in which a…
#AuthorInTheSpotlight Amy B Moreno | A Billion Balloons of Questions | @Amy_B_Moreno @florisbooks
What are you reading just now? Am I on the island on my own? In that…
John Fullerton – Q&A
In the first, ‘Spy Game’, he works a ‘contract labourer’ for British intelligence in Afghanistan and…
WWW Wednesday 4th October 2022 | #WWWWednesday #booktwitter #amreading
And yet this same Sancho will go on to tread the boards of London’s theatres, become…
Balancing the Books – September 2022
The very end of September saw me attend Capital Crime, a 3 day book festival celebrating…