Author Archives
Blogger, theatre goer, nature lover and an avid reader of books.
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Winding Up the Week #39
This week we appraise books read and reviewed, look forward to Nonfiction November and German Literature Month, discover some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating literary features from across the Net.
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BOOK REVIEW: Murder by the Book: The crime that shocked Victorian literary London
A gripping investigation into a crime that scandalized literary London.
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Margaret Atwood: The Works
A comprehensive checklist of Margaret Atwood’s publications from 1961 to the present day.
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Winding Up the Week #38
This week we appraise books read and reviewed, look forward to Margaret Atwood Reading Month, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating literary features from across the Net.
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THE CLASSICS CLUB: Alias Grace
Based on the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s, Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty and mystery.
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Winding Up the Week #37
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, take a peek at Lawrence Durrell’s Cypriot home and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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The Bitter Lemons of Bellapais
A visit to the 1950s Cypriot home of Lawrence Durrell.
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Winding Up the Week #36
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Cake Tree in the Ruins
A necessarily brief review (I’m posting this from a sandy beach in Cyprus) of a dark but inventive short story collection set on 15th August 1945 – the day Japan surrendered and the Second World War formerly ended.
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Winding Up the Week #35
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere, celebrate Owain Glyndŵr Day and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Owain Glyndŵr Day
On 16th September Wales marks the anniversary of its national hero becoming the last true Welsh Prince of Wales in 1400. We take a brief look at Glyndŵr’s appearance in literature.
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THOUGHTS ON: Autumn (Seasonal #1)
Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. The United Kingdom is in pieces, divided by a historic once-in-a-generation summer.
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Winding Up the Week #34
This week we appraise books read and reviewed, look forward to Witch Week, discover some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating literary features from across the Net.
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BOOK REVIEW: Green Almonds: Letters from Palestine
A glimpse into a complex situation through the eyes of a naive young woman who discovers a country, makes friends, falls in love and is confronted with the plight of the Palestinians.
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BOOK REVIEW: Where the World Ends
In the summer of 1727, a party of men and boys are put ashore on a remote sea stac to harvest birds for food. No one returns to collect them. How will they survive?
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Winding Up the Week #33
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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BOOK REVIEW: An Untouched House
A short but shocking Dutch war classic by a writer who has drawn comparisons to Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut.
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BOOK REVIEW: Home is Nearby
Magdalena McGuire’s debut novel is a vivid and intimate exploration of a young woman’s struggle to find her place in the world.
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Winding Up the Week #32
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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BOOK REVIEW: Invitation to a Bonfire
A seductive, sensual and sinister love triangle set in 1930s America and inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage.