Book Review: Mrs Jekyll
Emma Glass’ feminist reworking of Stevenson’s Victorian classic, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a visceral, unsettling and, at times, devastating [...]
Book Review: Hair Apparent – A Voyage Around my Roots
I wasn’t sure what I expected to take away from this book, but I was intrigued by the title and am (I hope) a [...]
A Q&A with Rosie Talbot
Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot is the second book in the Haunted York series, continuing from her first book, Sixteen Souls. Ivan caught up [...]
Book Review: The Estate
I confess I have tended to veer away from purchasing detective novels as they are often presented unimaginatively. Experience has proved them to be [...]
Book Review: Dracula Park
Romanian history, nineteenth century English literature and modern-day political corruption collide in this highly entertaining novel from Swiss-Romanian writer, Dana Grigorecea. Although it might [...]
Book Review: WILD guide to North East England
Inspire vb. to exert a stimulating or beneficial effect upon a a person; animate or invigorate I wanted to check that I was not [...]
Book Review: The Creator of The Wombles
In this book the author, Kate Robertson paints an engaging and fascinating portrait of her mother, Elisabeth Beresford, best known as the creator of [...]
Book Review: Source
‘Source’ by Rosemary Johnston has depth and layers that give you a feeling you have read a much longer story than one consisting of [...]
Book Review: The English GI
The English GI is a rewarding and uplifting World War 2 memoir based on the true story of a Yorkshire schoolboy’s wartime adventures and [...]
Book Review: The Family Remains
One brisk morning on the banks of the Thames, an unsuspecting mud larker is shaken to discover a bag containing human remains. DCI Samuel [...]
Q & A with Jackie Morris and James Mayhew
Mrs Noah’s Song is the third title in the series of picture books created by writers and illustrators Jackie Morris and James Mayhew. The [...]
Book Review: Miss Aldridge Regrets
This is the second book from the author of the highly acclaimed ‘This Lovely City’ Louise Hare. The book is an exciting well written [...]
Book Review: Northerners: A History
Northerners tells the formidable history of the North of England through the people and events that have shaped it – and the wider world [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]