Currently reading 'Panenka' by Rónán Hession
Currently reading 'Panenka' by Rónán Hession
I asked for a reading copy of this as I was intrigued by the cover art work, it looked so beautiful. I am also highly interested in shining a light on women that have been hidden from history, either through the roles that they were allowed to have in society and/or by the conscious actions …
Another of those books that’s been adorning my shelves for many months, but Norse Mythology felt like another book for these times. I’ve read the myths referenced in this work several times from several sources, and they were enjoyable, so I was really looking forward to seeing what Neil Gaiman would do with them, especially …
Amazingly I’ve had a copy of Leonard and Hungry Paul sat on my bookshelf for ages, I’ve always loved the premise of it, but for one reason or another I never quite made it past chapter one though I loved the voice in it. I picked it up again recently and a book more suited …
Another of a collection of books I was given by Oxford University Press Children for review, all of which have been great. We find ourselves in a world ravaged my magical wars where to live outside the City is meant to be a death sentence. However Brat and his master do, his master is consumed …
Today was my turn to be interviewed by Catherine Miller for Lockdown Children’s LitFest. Where I apologise for the lack of beard, lockdown just had it totally out of control and it needed tamed, it will be back to it’s full bushiness soon enough. We chat about children’s books in general with a few recommends …
Tilly lives with her father, mum died a while back and Tilly’s perfect day would be to see her mum again. Dad is a sort of distracted, mad scientist, as all fathers in fiction are, or at least should be. Deemed too ‘mad’ for the government department that he worked for he was let go. …
Embassy of the Dead is a story of a misunderstanding, but a misunderstanding that drags Jake Green into the Embassy of the Dead in a race against time and could cost him his life. From the start this is a fast-paced adventure with a lot of humour and spookiness, with a great central character who …
After recently reading The Short Story of Film by Ian Haydn Smith this popped up for request on Netgalley so I jumped at the chance to read it. Cult Writers: 50 Nonconformist Novelists You Need to Know continues with the short format biographical form and continues it well. Here we read about fifty novelists who’ve …