For me, reading Francis Spufford’s Light Perpetual, was a strange juggling act. On the one […]
Silence is a Sense, by Layla AlAmmar
When someone doesn’t speak, when they cut the rest of us off from their opinions […]
The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams
One small part of my job as a librarian is to help explain what words […]
The Haunting of Alma Fielding, by Kate Summerscale
In the fantastic (in both senses of the world) The Haunting of Alma Fielding, Kate […]
The Absolutist, by John Boyne
The dictionary definitions of “cowardice” and “bravery” pale in comparison to actually deciding what to […]
The Savage Instinct, by Marjorie DeLuca
Trigger warning for psychological abuse. In 1873, Mary Ann Cotton was executed for the murders […]
The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
There are so many novels that have been published in the last ten years that […]
The Burning Girls, by C.J. Tudor
Chapel Croft, in rural England, is not her first choice for places to lay low […]
The Nightjar, by Deborah Hewitt
The Nightjar, by Deborah Hewitt, offers an original spin on the “you’re a wizard” genre […]
The Last Garden in England, by Julia Kelly
In Julia Kelly’s novel, The Last Garden in England, the gardens at Highbury House serve […]