by Sarah Tinsley | Nov 24, 2023 | Reviews
There are times when you read something that just sings off the page. The passion, intimacy and honesty found in Menopause The Anthology is wonderful. Coming from Arachne Press, I was expecting something good anyway, but I wasn’t prepared for how various this...
by Sarah Tinsley | Nov 6, 2023 | Reviews
I’m so glad to be a member of the Women Writer’s Network. We support and promote all kinds of women writers, and it often leads to people contacting me about their books. Jenny Wong got in touch about Mothers Lead, her unuusal memoir written in flash and...
by Sarah Tinsley | Oct 20, 2023 | Reviews
As someone whose short stories always end up somewhat on the dark side, it’s great to read writers who can craft a story with nuance and depth that still has a hopeful feeling overall. I featured Deborah Jenkins’ wonderful novel Braver last year (which has...
by Sarah Tinsley | Oct 6, 2023 | Reviews
Having only read the wonderful Diana Powell’s short stories before (Trouble Crossing The Bridge is her excellent collection), I was delighted to have the opportunuty to read her novel Things Found On The Mountain. Just like her other fiction, it resonates with...
by Sarah Tinsley | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Reviews
There’s a lovely introduction to this short story collection. Nicole Fitton asks if you would like to dive into her stories when you have a snippet of time, allowing yourself to be carried off by them. And I most certainly was. ‘Soaring’ is the name...
by Sarah Tinsley | Jun 19, 2023 | Blog, Reviews
I love dabbling in different styles. I met Slawka Scarso when she ran a workshop on writing flash fiction with the Geneva Writer’s Group last year. What I was most struck by was how there a little stories hiding everywhere – she used images, titles, recipes,...
