Shortly after lockdown I suggested a trip to my girlfriend. One to Green Lane, Enfield. Not the most romantic or picturesque of…

Across the Water is part two of Jack Byrne’s planned trilogy of stories that examine Liverpool and Ireland’s political and social history…

So far in this series I’ve looked at books which informed my teenage political thought (Nineteen Eighty-Four), made me want to become…

Well, COVID finally caught up with us, and February’s reading and writing plans all went out the window! I was lucky enough…

Last February’s Reading Independent Publishers Month brought me many new books to enjoy and so it is wonderful to hear it is…

Last month’s Tokyo Weekender Book Club inspired this The Easy Life in Kamusari review. As well as a good book club choice,…

After the success of their Writers Bootcamp event on 18 September 2021, #LiverpoolWrites are now going on a tour of the Liverpool…

Today would have been Vasily Grossman’s birthday and in honour of the occasion, I am trying to fit in a few chapters…

This is a busy time of year, as noted in my last review, and when reading time is short, I often turn…

Being up to your ears in work is nothing to complain about, unless it cuts into the reading and writing time too…