Susan’s Bookshelves: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by ...
It was a heart-warming pleasure to come back to The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (2006) There is nothing pretentiously “literary” about...
It was a heart-warming pleasure to come back to The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (2006) There is nothing pretentiously “literary” about...
The arrival for review of Rachel Bowlby’s new book Emile Zola, part of Oxford University Press’s Writing Modern Life series, reminded me...
I recently spent a few delightful days in Cornwall where my host/friend, with whom I share a love of books and words,...
I was drawn to this book because the publisher describes it as “A powerful de-colonial retelling of Mansfield Park”. And, at present,...
I am not a religious believer. I saw what was, for me, the light when I was eighteen and walked resolutely away...
When I was teaching English I always listened carefully to my students’ accounts of what they were reading and quite often read...
I discovered Daphne du Maurier when I first read Rebecca in my mid teens. I gobbled the whole of her backlist from...
I bought this book on autopilot because I’m an enthusiastic Elly Griffiths fan. I love her nonchalant present tense style, her wit...