Books for August 2019
A monthly feature where I do a round up of the books I’m most excited to read (or have already
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Latest News and Reviews
Ullapool Bookshop, Ullapool
The next shop in the monthly Browse a Bookshop feature is Ullapool Bookshop in Ullapool, all the way up in
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The Paninis of Pompeii – Review
My nephew and I are such great fans of Mr Gum and Andy Stanton and when he found out there
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March Hamilton – Publisher Profile
A regular feature where we give an independent publisher the chance to talk about themselves and their projects. When did
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Some A3 Press Titles
Received a lovely little package from A3 Press a while back now full of chapbooks, lovely little essays and all
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The Owl Service – Review
A children’s classic that has passed me by, along with so many others. It was reading Bookworm by Lucy Mangan
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Return to Wonderland – Review
Return to Wonderland sees some of my favourite childrens authors take their look at C.S. Lewis’ Wonderland and add their
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Simply The Quest – Review
Well, in the second book of Maz Evans series we find out that it is not only QEII that has
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Thunderhead – Review
Now, it’s not unknown but it’s rare, very rare that I rate a sequel higher than the first book in
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The Harm Tree POS
UCLAN Publishing have contacted me and thought I could give a shout out for their POS pack for their upcoming
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Horace and Harriet: Take on the Town – Review
This is the start of a new series written and illustrated by Clare Elsom which follows the adventures of Horace
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Night Speakers: Sleepless – Review
This is the first Ali Sparkes book I’ve read and after this I will definitely be looking for more. In
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The Diary of a Bookseller – Review
This was another book I bought as part of me really getting into the bookseller lark and reading a lot
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Witch for a Week – Review
Elsie is chosen to look after Magenta’s Witch Tower for a week whilst Magenta goes to see her sister. Elsie
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Books v. cigarettes – Review
Totally bought this because of the multiple essays on books, bookselling and book reviewing – some of my main pleasures
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