Jim Jones & Donald J. Trump: What Do They Share?
by Annie Dawid, Author of Paradise Undone, A Novel of Jonestown “A master at creating alternate realities, Jones continually fed […]
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Theory and Practice by Michelle de Kretser
Michelle de Kretser’s Theory & Practice (buy your copy here) is a novel with a difference. Virginia Woolf wanted to
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Cathy’s Corner – The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Tan Twan Eng is a Malaysian writer who splits his time between South Africa and Malaysia. The Gift of Rain is a
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Cathy’s Corner: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
This very atmospheric book is a spin-off of one of Mandel’s earlier novels, The Sea of Tranquillity, in which a
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Reading to Remember
The 10th of November 2024 will mark Remembrance Sunday, a day to commemorate those who have lost their lives to
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“Pockets” by Ann Wooby
I used to belong to a writing group that met once a week at Chipping Norton Theatre. The group contained
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Banned Books Week: Why We Should Read the Obscene
by Charlotte Harris The last week of September marks Banned Books Week, an event first launched in 1982 in response
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Meet Deirdre Pippins, Bookaholic Book Influencer and Podcaster Extraordinaire
I had the privilege of being interviewed by Deirdre for her fantastic YouTube channel, Bookaholic. Check out https://www.youtube.com/@TrueBookaholic. As soon
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What Would You Have Done?
The central story in Richard Vaughan-Davies’s book Fireweed concerns Adam, a young British military lawyer posted to Hamburg in 1947,
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Real History vs Historical Fiction
May I indulge in a moment of shameless namedropping? I am a friend of Dominic Sandbrook, the historian and commentator,
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Squeaky the Spiky Survivor
The French have a delightful expression: ‘Il pleut comme une vache qui pisse,’ which perfectly describes the conditions of a
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Untold Stories: Marginalised Christians in Pakistan
by Mus Coombs Decades ago, during my childhood, I vividly recall seeing weathered women, their skin deeply tanned by the
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