Author Archives
Blogger, theatre goer, nature lover and an avid reader of books.
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Winding Up the Week #104
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to Fitzcarraldo Editions Fortnight, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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#OURSEA: Help the Moomins Save the Baltic Sea
The year 2020 marks 75 years since Tove Jansson wrote her first story about the Moomins. To celebrate the anniversary, Moomin Characters Ltd is launching a one-year campaign called #OURSEA to help save the Baltic Sea.
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Winding Up the Week #103
This week we examine books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to the Winter 2020 Mini Persephone Readathon and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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TOVE TROVE: Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson
My second Janssonian contribution to the Tove Trove Library is the fifth book in the Moomin series, first published in 1957.
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Winding Up the Week #102
In this first wind up of 2020 we examine books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look at the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge and the Russian Literature Challenge and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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2019 Reading Year in Review
2019 may not have been the most prolific year in terms of the number of books ticked off my TBR, but I hugely enjoyed those I read.
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#Winding Up the Week #101
In the final wind up of 2019 we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to the 2020 War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Christmas Book Bonanza 2019
Father Christmas left these beauties under my tree. Did you receive any long-coveted titles in your stocking today?
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Winding Up the Week #100
A special celebratory bumper edition of Winding Up the Week!
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#Winding Up the Week #99
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to World Book Night 2020, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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#Winding Up the Week #98
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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#Winding Up the Week #97
This week we examine books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to the Christmas 24 Hour Readathon and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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BOOK REVIEW: In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado’s absorbing and brilliantly unorthodox account of an abusive relationship is due for publication in the UK on 2nd January 2020.
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Winding Up the Week #96
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to Bookending Winter 2019, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #95
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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MARM 2019: The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
For this year’s Margaret Atwood Reading Month, I reflect on the author’s 1969 proto-feminist debut novel.
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Winding Up the Week #94
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to Paul Auster Reading Week and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Barmouth Book Cellar
A visit to a secret book snuggery by the sea.
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Winding Up the Week #93
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce The House of Mirth Readalong, look forward to The Paul Magrs Reading Challenge and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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THE CLASSICS CLUB: Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian novel imagines a future American society where books are forbidden and ‘firemen’ burn those that are found.
