Reading the original, magical story after thirty years before sampling a collectors edition with a brand new cover from Quentin Blake.
Book Reviews
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.
BOOK REVIEW: Murder by the Book: The crime that shocked Victorian literary London
A gripping investigation into a crime that scandalized literary London.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Winding Up the Week #31
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover what’s of interest to Dewithoners, catch up with the latest book-blogging events and highlight fascinating literary features from across the Internet.
Winding Up the Week #30
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover Three Things…, see some of the best writing about books on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
BOOK REVIEW: The Silence of the Girls
From the Booker Prize-winning author of Regeneration and one of our greatest contemporary writers on war comes a reimagining of the most famous conflict in literature – the legendary Trojan War.
Three Things… #3
Reading. Looking. Thinking. This week it’s all about Norwegian Fjords, Viking DNA and a rather cheesy movie musical!
Winding Up the Week #29
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.
The Classics Club
I have finally succumbed to joining The Classics Club. Here is my list of fifty fine titles to be read over a period of five years.
Winding Up the Week #28
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover what’s of interest to Dewithoners, catch up with the latest book-blogging events and highlight fascinating literary features from across the Internet.
BOOK REVIEW: The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate
A vivid and perceptive book, which will probably appeal to readers of Robert Macfarlane, Roger Deakin and Olivia Laing.
Winding Up the Week #27
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.