Review: I Am Heathcliff, Various Authors
Two hundred years since the birth of Emily Brontë, sixty-one years since the birth of Kate Bush (the two of them born coincidentally on the same day), the myth of Wuthering […]
Short Stories
Review: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, George R R Martin
Game of Thrones is drawing to a close. Soon we will find out the ultimate occupant of the Iron Throne. Except. It’s happening all wrong. It’s on TV rather than on […]
Review: Noel Streatfeild’s Christmas Stories, Noel Streatfeild
For the first time in living memory, this year Father Christmas did not get my note and none of the books I asked for turned up under the tree. This […]
Review: Tea With Mr Rochester, Frances Towers
Published in 1949, a year after her death, Tea With Mr Rochester is Frances Towers’ only published work – a collection of short stories which had previously appeared in periodicals. She spent […]
Review: The Travelling Bag and Other Ghost Stories, Susan Hill
The Woman in Black terrified me as a teenager – it remains the most truly frightening thing I have ever read. Not just prickles of fear or even the lingering nastiness […]
Austen in August Review: Jane Austen Made Me Do It, Edited by Laurel Ann Nattress
Edited by Laurel Ann Nattress of AustenProse fame, Jane Austen Made Me Do It is a collection of twenty-two short stories from established authors which are centred around the ‘theme of exploring Austen’s […]
Review: Bush Studies, Barbara Baynton
2017 was the year I visited Australia, country of my birth. Having last set foot Down Under as a one year-old, it was fascinating to explore and find out about […]