THE HEDGEHOG BOOK | BOOK REVIEW
THE HEDGEHOG BOOK | BOOK REVIEW Hugh Warwick (Graffeg) Anyone in need of a quick fix of beautiful beasts should grab a Graffeg nature book. The books are an …
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KAT ELLIS | AUTHOR INTERVIEW
KAT ELLIS | AUTHOR INTERVIEW The nights are drawing in as we say goodbye to a summer we’ll likely never forget, but like a flower that has seen frost …
HEY HI HELLO | BOOK REVIEW
HEY HI HELLO | BOOK REVIEW Annie Nightingale (White Rabbit) Broadcasting legend Annie Nightingale thought that her time at the Beeb was over after an episode of Roundtable went dangerously …
EMPERORS OF THE DEEP | BOOK REVIEW
EMPERORS OF THE DEEP | BOOK REVIEW William McKeever (William Collins) Everyone of a certain age went through shark mania in the summer of 1975, in the wake of Steven …
SISTERS | BOOK REVIEW
SISTERS | BOOK REVIEW Daisy Johnson (Jonathan Cape) Sheela is hastily moving from Oxford to Yorkshire with her two daughters, July and September, after a disturbing and “unspeakable” event. Their …
OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE | BOOK REVIEW
OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE | BOOK REVIEW Jonathan C. Slaght (Allen Lane) If a Blakiston’s fish owl landed in your garden, it is not something that you are likely …
BRIXTON HILL | BOOK REVIEW
BRIXTON HILL Lottie Moggach (Corsair) If, throughout the pandemic, TV has been more than just a bit dull with relentless repeats of programmes like Downton bleeding Abbey, then book publishing …
THE SEASONAL VEGAN | BOOK REVIEW
The Seasonal Vegan Sarah Philpott Seren Books This is Sarah Philpott’s follow up book from the hugely popular The Occasional Vegan, packed full of easy to follow, no drama recipes …
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE | BOOK REVIEW
To The Lighthouse By Nick Smith Although everything is far from being back to normal now, being stuck indoors for a few weeks, without the luxury of having a garden …
THE OFFING | BOOK REVIEW
THE OFFING Benjamin Myers Bloomsbury “Where did life go?” asks elderly narrator Robert Appleyard at the very beginning of Benjamin Myers’ seventh novel. But narrative framing aside, The Offing is …
Set The Night on Fire | Book Review
Set The Night On Fire L.A. In The Sixties Mike Davis and John Wiener Verso Mike Davis and John Wiener’s forensic examination of Los Angeles during the turbulent sixties is …
How To Survive A Pandemic | Book Review
How to Survive a Pandemic By Benbo £3.99 **** During this crazy time, Benbo (UK based author/illustrator) has created a handy ‘How To’ guide. I must admit I haven’t heard …
Behind the Mask | Book Review
Wales based practitioner and photographer Glenn Dene has in his own words been ‘given the honour of photographing it all when it goes down in Theatre and Intensive Care’ throughout …
One Two Three Four | The Beatles In Time | Book Review
One Two Three Four: The Beatles In Time Author: Craig Brown Publishers: 4th Estate After John Lennon had played his Aunt Mimi the Beatles’ first single ‘Love Me Do.’ His …
How to Carry Fire | Book Review
The motif of fire burns through the pages
Photography for Well-Being 1
The book is easy to understand and full of tried and tested methods of getting better pictures both outdoors and indoors.
Mark Lanegan – Sing Backwards and Weep – Book Review
Mark Lanegan Sing Backwards and Weep White Rabbit Books Out April 28th The author of this book, with his ‘six-foot-four cross-dressing drug buddy’ hail a cab and discover that …
FIFTY MILES WIDE | BOOK REVIEW
FIFTY MILES WIDE Julian Sayarer (Arcadia) Sayarer is an award-winning travel writer: here we see why. This memoir traverses its world on two wheels, and despite his “Pedalling, always pedalling”, …
I’M AFRAID THAT’S ALL WE’VE GOT TIME FOR | BOOK REVIEW
I’M AFRAID THAT’S ALL WE’VE GOT TIME FOR Jen Calleja (Prototype) From a London-based writer, a debut collection of short fiction that’s consistently inventive, envelopingly surreal and biting in its …
GOOD RIDDANCE | BOOK REVIEW
GOOD RIDDANCE Elinor Lipman (Lightning Books) The chocolatier protagonist of Good Riddance cannot really be described as an everywoman. However, like a good Austen novel, with whom Lipman has been compared …
10 WRITING COMPETITIONS TO ENTER NOW | BOOKS FEATURE
Now’s the time to take advantage of all your free time and start writing! Of the thousands of competitions currently open around the globe, here are some of the most …
WELSH SAINTS ON THE MORMON TRIAL | BOOK REVIEW
WELSH SAINTS ON THE MORMON TRAIL Wil Aaron (Y Lolfa) Wil Aaron has told a remarkable historical non-fiction tale in Welsh Saints On The Mormon Trail. On looking at the …
DIALLING A STARLESS PAST | BOOK REVIEW
DIALLING A STARLESS PAST Mike McNamara (Arenig) Here’s a dizzying, lyrical and emotionally frank collection of poems, from a surprising source – the frontman of veteran south Wales entertainers Big …
OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT | BOOK REVIEW
OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT Petina Gappah (Faber & Faber) This extraordinary novel reimagines David Livingstone’s last journey as he was transported through Africa to the coast following his death, …