Published by Peirene Press Publication date – 9 February 2016 Source – review copy Translated by David Colmer “Huxley’s Brave New World meets Orwell’s Animal Farm. An impressively entertaining tale about the frailty of our civilization by the leading Flemish writer Peter Verhelst, now for the first time in English. Warning: this story is narrated…
Month: April 2016
Under the Reader’s Radar – celebrating the quiet novel
There are thousands upon thousands of books published each year. Only a small percentage of those make it to the best-seller list. That doesn’t mean that the rest aren’t worthy of reading. It may be that they are written by self-published authors who don’t have the marketing knowledge or a small independent publisher who doesn’t have the…
The Missing Hours by Emma Kavanagh – Review
Published by Century Publication date -21 April 2016 Source – Net Galley “A woman disappears One moment, Selena Cole is in the playground with her children and the next, she has vanished without a trace. A woman returns Twenty hours later, Selena is found safe and well, but with no memory of where she has…
Alison Ripley Cubitt – Q&A
Today I’m pleased to welcome Alison Ripley Cubitt to the blog. Alison is an author and screenwriter and her novels include Revolution Earth and Fractured which she co-wrote with Sean Cubitt as Lambert Nagle. Her new book, Castles in the Air is a memoir of her mother’s life and was published on 12 February 2016. Alison…
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren – Review
Published by Fleet Publication date – 21 April 2016 Source – review copy “A frank, illuminating and incandescent memoir by a trailblazing scientist; a moving portrait of a longtime collaboration in work and life; and a book that casts a whole new light on the natural world. Lab Girl is a book about work and…
Why be a fiction writer by Laurie Ellingham – Guest Post
Today I’m pleased to welcome Laurie Ellingham to the blog. Laurie is the author of The Reluctant Celebrity and her new novel, How to Throw Your Life Away was published on 14 April 2016. Laurie has written this fantastic post about being a fiction writer. Why be a fiction writer? My first paid job in…
Under the Reader’s Radar – Celebrating the quiet novel
There are thousands upon thousands of books published each year. Only a small percentage of those make it to the best-seller list. That doesn’t mean that the rest aren’t worthy of reading. It may be that they are written by self-published authors who don’t have the marketing knowledge or a small independent publisher who doesn’t have the…
When She Was Bad by Tammy Cohen – Review
Published by Black Swan Publication date – 21 April 2016 Source – review copy “YOU SEE THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH EVERY DAY. BUT WHAT CAN’T YOU SEE? Amira, Sarah, Paula, Ewan and Charlie have worked together for years – they know how each one likes their coffee, whose love life is a mess, whose…
Lesley Thomson – Q&A
Today I am pleased to welcome Lesley Thomson to the blog. Lesley is author of A Kind of Vanishing, The Detective’s Daughter, Ghost Girl and The Detective’s Secret. Her latest novel in The Detective’s Daughter series, The House With No Rooms is published by Head of Zeus on 21 April 2016. Lesley kindly answered a few…
Under the Reader’s Radar – Celebrating the quiet novel
There are thousands upon thousands of books published each year. Only a small percentage of those make it to the best-seller list. That doesn’t mean that the rest aren’t worthy of reading. It may be that they are written by self-published authors who don’t have the marketing knowledge or a small independent publisher who doesn’t have the…
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