Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four…
Like many of you who are joining in with Women in Translation Month, I am keen to read Breasts and Eggs by…
A few years ago, I realised that my natural interest in books written in England in the 1920s and 30s was leading…
If you like historical fiction that leans more to the historical than the fiction, how would you feel about an almost wholly…
First published in 1959 with the title Primera Memoria, Ana MarÃa Matute’s novel The Island has recently been published in English by…
I loved Fernando Sdrigotti’s short story Jolts when it appeared in 3am Magazine in 2015. Now five years have whipped by and…
Over the lockdown, Seagull Books gave away a cornucopia of world literature to readers. I chose The Book of Mordechai and Lazarus…
In my 20 Books of Summer ’20 post I noted that there were a number of reading challenges happening in June and…
Having recently finished the #TBR20 challenge, along comes 20 Books of Summer ’20, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books. As she explains,…
If even the title of my last post – 10 long books to read on lockdown – was enough to make you…
With summer approaching and some ‘social distancing’ likely to be required even if quarantine is lifted, for those of us with cancelled…
