Damian Dibben is the author of Tomorrow and The History Makers series comprising of The Storm Begins, Nightship to China and Circus Maximus . His latest novel, The Colour Storm, was published by Michael Joseph on 23 June 2022. He kindly answers a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Colour…
Kit Whitfield – Q&A
Kit Whitfield is the author of Bareback and In Great Waters. Her lastest novel, In the Heart of Hidden Things, was published by Jo Fletcher on 9 June 2022. She kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about In the Heart of Hidden Things. It’s what you might call a…
Perfect by Sally Emerson – review
Published by Quadrant Books Publication date – 27 May 2022 Source – review copy In these stories of the impossible, master of the domestic thriller Sally Emerson introduces the eerie into her keen-eyed portraits of everyday life. A clerk working in a public register office begins to receive death certificates dated in the future, but…
Penny Haw – Q&A
Penny Haw is the author of The Wilderness Between Us, which was published by Koehler Books on 31 July 2021. She kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Wilderness Between Us. Set in the remote, mountainous Tsitsikamma region of South Africa, The Wilderness Between Us tells the story…
The Wolfson Prize – extract from shortlisted The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs by Marc David Baer
The Wolfson Prize celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, with the winner announced on 22 June. The Wolfson History Prize is the UK’s most prestigious historical writing prize. It was created to champion the best and most accessible historical writing, and to highlight the importance of history to modern life. Previous winners have included Mary Beard, Antony…
The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks – review
Published by Vintage Publication date – 5 May 2022 Source – review copy Min works at the BBC as an audio engineer, where she is struggling to replicate the sound of a heartbeat. At home, other matters of the heart are making a mockery of life as Min knows it. Min has found herself the…
M H David – Q&A
M H David is the author of The Gouge, which was published on 1 June 2021. He kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Gouge. The Gouge is my first novel. It takes place in a small town, called Cypress Creek, which has an old lore about a…
Happy Sad by Pippa Goodhart, illustrated by Augusta Kirkwood
Published by Little Door Publication date – 6 June 2022 Source – review copy Can you be happy and sad at the same time? When Toby finds a mermaid stranded in a rock pool on the beach he takes her home and tries to cheer her up with songs, stories and a paddling pool full…
Laura Pashby – Q&A
Laura Pashby is the author of Little Stories of Your Life, published by Quadrille Publishing on 14 October 2021. Laura kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Little Stories of Your Life Little Stories of Your Life is a non-fiction book about the beauty of ordinary days, and the…
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian – review
Published by Harvill Secker Publication date – 9 September 2021 (Hardback) 7 July 2022 (Paperback) (Vintage) Source – review copy Meet Chloe. First-year student, ordinary, legging-wearing, girl next door…and psychopath. Chloe is part of a secret clinical study of young psychopaths run by the university’s Psychology Department. Most psychopaths aren’t criminals, but when a string…
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