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 …
May 2020
Leonard and Hungry Paul
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 …
Lockdown Children’s LitFest
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 …
Cult Writers
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 …