Arnold has a happy life. He is a university lecturer and poet and is married to Polly who owns a shop where she makes paper and they run a small poetry press together. They have a lovely daughter Evelyn and everything seems to ring with domestic bliss. Continue reading The Paper Lovers by Gerard Woodward
When I read this story on the couple who sued their thirty year old son for refusing to move out it made me jump, because it is a story that could have been plucked straight from Lionel Shriver’s fantastic collection of short stories: ‘Property’. Continue reading Lionel Shriver Property Review
I have written an article for ARGO Magazine: a book review on ‘Greece’ by Michael Carroll. Continue reading ARGO Magazine
…For those who didn’t realise it’s THIS SUNDAY! Continue reading Mother’s Day Gifts
I have particularly enjoyed reading some non-fiction this month… Continue reading Non-Fiction September
Gil Coleman is a well-known, ageing writer who has just found a letter, loose in a book in a bookshop addressed to him, and at that very moment he thinks he sees his wife Ingrid, who has been missing for 11 years, through the window on the street outside. Continue reading ‘Swimming Lessons’ by Claire Fuller Review
Unwrapping a book on Christmas Day is a thing of sheer joy. Particularly if it’s one of these…
‘I find it very difficult to distinguish between life and fiction’
Shirley Jackson.
It is a very exciting moment when you realise that the opportunity has come to read the innermost thoughts of an author whose work you so admire, perfectly nestled amongst the finest examples of their writing.
August has been a very exciting month for reading new poems, with the release of two collections from two poetry powerhouses: ‘Falling Awake’ by Alice Oswald and ‘The Remedies’ by Katharine Towers. Continue reading ‘Falling Awake’ and ‘The Remedies’ Poetry
Three books that have coloured my May. In brief: Continue reading Take Three Books