Mission Possible: Locating the Stanza Stones
Several years ago I was given a copy of Stanza Stones signed by our esteemed Poet Laureate Simon Armitage. I have the edition, co-written [...]
Book Review: Colour Blindness and Me
This is a book written by ten-year-old Malachi who inherited colour blindness from his grandfather via his mother who carries the gene. Significantly [...]
Book Review: Her Last Holiday
Jenna disappears on a spiritual retreat run by Kate and her husband Tom on the island of Gozo. It is presumed a suicide. However, [...]
Book Review: Still Life
I have loved reading this book, and wish that I had discovered this author sooner. It has given me an immense amount of pleasure [...]
Book Review: Eleven Lines to Somewhere
On receiving this book, I had a look at the cover and the blurb and thought to myself, “this looks like the kind of [...]
Book Review: The Last Goodbye
One of the joys of reading outside of your usual genre (in my case thrillers) is the unexpected surprise you can be rewarded with, [...]
Author Event: Claire Fuller
Unsettled Ground is Claire Fuller’s fourth novel and will be published by Fig Tree (Penguin) on 25th March. At the time of writing this [...]
Book Review: Tall Bones
You don’t need to read many pages of Anna Bailey’s debut novel, Tall Bones, to realise that the disappearance of Abigail Blake is just [...]
Book Review: Girl A
Tucked up on the ridged area between Lancashire and Yorkshire lies a bleak landscape known to a few hardy fell-runners, the hillwalkers who trudge [...]
Book Review: The Lightbringers
Thank you to Karin Celestine for her latest book The Lightbringers which on a cold dull November afternoon in lockdown brought me warmth and [...]
Too Much Stuff!
Ever since my Mum bought a copy of Monkey and Me for my youngest son I have been a fan of Emily Gravett’s books. [...]
Books For Your Library – a literary podcast
Coming soon! A new literary podcast featuring writers and illustrators having a good old natter with Sarah Tyson about their latest book, their writing [...]
Children’s Book Reviews by Children
To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week (20-27th June) Books Up North is excited to announce that soon it will be launching a new page featuring [...]
Book Review – “Meet Me at the Museum” by Anne Youngson
Gentle, thought-provoking and surprisingly pacey I quickly found myself engrossed in this debut novel by Anne Youngson. Almost all the story is about a [...]
Book Review – “Need to Know” by Karen Cleveland
When I read publisher Sarah Adams’ suggestion to “cancel my evening plans, take the phone off the hook and disable the doorbell” I admit [...]
News & Reviews Introduction
Book News & Reviews No ordinary Blogspot By way of introduction it might be useful to explain that I envisage this News & Reviews [...]