Currently reading 'Panenka' by Rónán Hession
Currently reading 'Panenka' by Rónán Hession
I was lucky enough to get an advanced reading copy of Hungry from Hachette and was so pleased when it arrived almost the next day. It was going to be my whole reading for a whole weekend and I was going to savour it to the full, taking bite-sized reads throughout the weekend, but that …
Another great addition to the short history type books that are being developed on a lot of different subjects but especially so on women who’ve been hidden from history. As the name states this book is about black women in history, mainly from the 18th century up until recent times, a little biography about the …
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 …
This was a random pickup mainly because I had been reading a lot of translated Japanese literary fiction when I bought this, and like all books I had it kicking around the house for quite a while before I eventually got around to reading it. Alex takes us on a personal journey through the his …
I first heard Kerry talk at a Vintage Roadshow at Forum Books, Corbridge before Christmas, this didn’t put me off though 😉 and I was really fascinated by the concept of Lowborn. Earlier this year I went to another Vintage Roadshow and was pleased to be able to pick up an advance copy of Lowborn. …
What a wonderful read. I remember that feeling of cracking into a new book with utter pleasure and drifting away for hours into the world of imagination that the author had gifted you. Also, after reading this I realise that I have gained the knowledge of so many children’s classics by osmosis rather than actually …
I do have to admit that I put off reading When Breath Becomes Air for so long as I knew that the subject matter would affect me emotionally and I was in a fragile emotional state when I received this. Once I started reading it I just couldn’t put it down, though a diary of …
Wrestliana is a complicated book, on the surface it is a biography of Toby Litt’s great-great-grandfather William Litt, but it is also an exploration of his relationship with his own father, his sons, and representations of masculinity. I was lucky enough to receive this from Galley Beggar Press to read and I really appreciate the …