by Sarah Tinsley | Oct 27, 2022 | Reviews
There’s something special about finding a writer who is passionate about the same things you are and brings them into their books. Susan Elliot-Wright’s novel The Flight Of Cornelia Blackwood is a tense and gripping thriller. But at its heart, it’s...
by Sarah Tinsley | Oct 14, 2022 | Reviews
Sometimes stories just capture the wonderful essence of what it means to be human. Of where we find our place in the world, of how we relate to the journeys we’ve been on, and how all of that gets muddled and confused along the way. Still Lives by Reshma Ruia is...
by Sarah Tinsley | Oct 1, 2022 | Reviews
The great thing about hosting this site is all the amazing books that appear on my radar. Keely O’Shaughnessy’s powerful flash fiction collection Baby is a Thing Best Whispered contains rare, startling stories that really jolt you. Featuring many...
by Sarah Tinsley | Sep 16, 2022 | Reviews
For Christmas last year, my mum got a bird box with a camera in it. This spring, we watched tiny, helpless scraggles of fluff become fully fledged birds, heading out into her garden to feast on the food she puts out for them. It was a tiny connection with an unseen...
by Sarah Tinsley | Sep 2, 2022 | Reviews
I’m absolutely thrilled to be welcoming Judy Darley back to the blog. Last year I featured her collection Sky, Light, Rain , a themed collection that contained beautiful stories and gorgeous writing. This time, we’re talking about The Stairs Are A...
by Sarah Tinsley | Jul 15, 2022 | Reviews
This month I’m thinking about playing – the summer can be a time to really open yourself up in terms of what you read and write. In that vein, I came across JP Seabright’s experimental poetry collection, Fragments from Before the Fall: An Anthology of...
