It wasn’t the best title. In the bleak days of World War One, the last thing the public needed was a book entitled The Saddest Story. Ford’s publisher urged a more tactful approach, to […]
Books: New Review: The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year by Sue Townsend
With the recent thirtieth anniversary of the Adrian Mole series, all eyes are on Sue Townsend’s new novel, and her opening chapter immediately sets up a series of comic possibilities. Eva Beaver’s gifted […]
Books: New Review: Havisham by Ronald Frame
Writing a prologue for Great Expectations is ambitious to say the least, but delving into the mysterious past of one of the most famous literary characters of all time is something that not many […]
Books: New Review: Y by Majorie Celona
Marjorie Celona’s Y is the heart-wrenching journey of Shannon, a Canadian girl abandoned at birth. Shannon tells the story of her life as an unwanted child in a rough part of Canada flooded with drugs, […]
Books: Top Five books you’ve never read
The Needle In The Blood by Sarah Bower Brimming with sex and violence, The Needle In The Blood is set during the Norman conquest of England and is cleverly imagined through the minor, often-overlooked figures […]