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• The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin

  

  UK Headline cover. Image: goodreads.comHaving recently read Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great and not having read My Last Duchess (Daisy... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Anais Nin on Printing Her Own Books

  

  The relation to handicraft is nourishing, beautiful. Related bodily to a solid block of lead letters, to the weight of the composition tray, to the adroitness o... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Rules of Inheritance by Claire Bidwell Smith

  

  UK cover. Image: headline.comThis is one of those books that a lot of people talked about, and that got (and is still getting) a lot of media attention. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Irreland, IRRRELAAAND….

  

  … that’s us attempting to sing the Irish National Anthem as we drove along in our camper van. We may have been a bit bored, and may have eaten too many... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happy Easter! / I’m Back!

  

  Hello all, my apologies for being a bit quiet of late. I have just got back from holiday in Ireland (so many amazing photos! – coming soon), so I am rather... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Interview with Katherine Clements, Author of The Crimson Ribbon

  

  Katherine Clements’ debut novel The Crimson Ribbon was published by Headline on 27th March. I reviewed the book just after publication, having read it earlier i... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Q & A with Eva Stachniak

  

  I recently reviewed Eva Stachniak’s Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great, in which Catherine reaches the end of her life and looks back on the... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Crimson Ribbon by Katherine Clements

  

  2014 Headline cover. Image: goodreads.comKatherine Clements takes the real life figure of Elizabeth Poole, and transforms her into her own character in The... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great by Eva Stachniak

  

  Bantam Press cover. Image: goodreads.comCatherine the Great is fascinating, and I’m not surprised Eva Stachniak has written two books about her (this is her... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Happiness in Madame Bovary

  

  OWC paperback edition, 2008. Image: goodreads.comHappiness is something that we all search for, something we need to stay sane and want to live. Sometimes it... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading Women… And Men

  2014 is officially The Year of Reading Women, thanks to the ReadWomen campaign (you can follow on Twitter here), and the growing disgruntlement among the readin... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sex, Lies and Holiday Homes: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh

  

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  Posted on 15 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• “Defiantly Alive…” Water Music by Margie Orford

  

  2014 Head of Zeus cover. Image: shotsmag.co.ukI’ve decided I officially like crime fiction. I always thought dividing books into genres limited their appeal as... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Some Reasons Why Tintin Is Amazing

  

  I didn’t do much this weekend just gone. I went to the pub on Friday, slept late, ate pizza, and went with my boyfriend to his mum’s house for Sunday lunch.... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lost in War: The Wind is Not a River by Brian Payton

  

  I know, I know – another book about World War II. Another book about a separated couple, a woman lost… but that is all that The Wind is Not a River shares with... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE