Goodreads blurb: Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but… Read more “#bookreview The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas”
An introduction to the decentralised collection of manuscripts with provenance of Llanthony Secunda Priory: archivist’s project
As volunteer archivist for the Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust, I have spent 6 months toiling with information management and cataloguing software to spur the direction of the… Read more “An introduction to the decentralised collection of manuscripts with provenance of Llanthony Secunda Priory: archivist’s project”
#bookreview The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis. Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016
This a beautiful paperback published by Two Roads, with foil highlighting on front and back covers, and sprayed edges. From the inside cover: Georgian London, in the… Read more “#bookreview The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis. Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016 “
#bookreview The Dressmaker’s Secret by Charlotte Betts
Set in the eighteenth century, the reader is transported to Italy, to the world of Princess Caroline of Brunswick and our protagonists Emilia and Sarah. The book… Read more “#bookreview The Dressmaker’s Secret by Charlotte Betts”
#review Foxed Quarterly. Inspired by Kipling by David Gilmour. Slightly Foxed, Summer issue 2017
David Gilmour is the author of The Long Recessional, a life of Kipling, who also makes guest appearances in his Curzon and The Ruling Caste. But the… Read more “#review Foxed Quarterly. Inspired by Kipling by David Gilmour. Slightly Foxed, Summer issue 2017”
#review Foxed Quarterly: Once a Catholic … by Melissa Harrison. Slightly Foxed, Summer issue 2017
Melissa Harrison writes a monthly Nature Notebook column in The Times. Her debut novel Clay (2013) won the Portsmouth First Fiction Award and was chosen by Ali… Read more “#review Foxed Quarterly: Once a Catholic … by Melissa Harrison. Slightly Foxed, Summer issue 2017”
#bookreview See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
The idea that murder and pleasure are intertwined – horribly, yet inescapably – has become an important part of modern life. It was a drug-addled, indebted, unreliable… Read more “#bookreview See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt”
