Surviving Transphobia is not the sort of book I usually read. I probably wouldn’t have picked it up at all had it not been for my friend, who is coming to terms with the transitioning of her youngest child. I
Book Review | Surviving Transphobia
Book Review | Femina @DrJaninaRamirez
Femina is subtitled, A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It. Says it all, really. Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers, I got a late ARC for the book (plus an update with good
Swan family | #writephoto Flash Non-fiction
A swan family! How opportune that KL Caley has picked this picture for the writephoto this week. It enables me to give a little taste of my holiday in the form of a non-fiction piece for a change. It’s just
Book Review | Otherlands by Thomas Halliday @TJDHalliday
Otherlands is a non-fiction work by Thomas Halliday, describing the worlds we have left behind us, according to the fossil and geological record. I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley, for which I am very grateful. And it
MG Book Reviews | You Go First + When Stars Are Scattered
You Go First was picked as the Book of the Month for GMGR in February. When Stars are Scattered filled the March choice. As I’m now organising the Book of the Month, I thought I’d better read them. Both were
Through | #writephoto + The Business of Short Stories
The Business of Short Stories by Shannon Lawrence (the Warrior Muse) is published tomorrow, so I’m doing a shout out today. I thought you might be interested in it, since you like the #writephoto event. This week’s offering ‘Through’ comes
Book Review | Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim
Finishing the Hat is the first part of a review of his work by the genius composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who died last November aged 91. There is so much I wanted to discuss about it! I toyed with the idea
Cliff Edge | Flash Fiction #writephoto
Cliff edge. How to write this one without being predictable? Memories of a real cliff edge came back to me. Let’s see how it goes. My thanks as always to KL Caley at New2Writing.com for continuing the #writephoto prompt each
Book Review | The Cosmic Tourist by May, Moore and Lintott
The Cosmic Tourist came out in 2012, and I picked it up more or less straight away. It was probably Sir Patrick Moore’s last book, although he did have another Astronomy Year out posthumously. This is more of a coffee
Book Review | Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard #30DaysWild
Finding the Mother Tree was offered by the publisher via Netgalley. I’m very grateful to them for a chance to review the book. It was published on 4th May, but I only got it a couple of days before. I’m
Book Review | Finding Sustainability
Finding Sustainability comes out on June 1st. It’s a non-fiction book, focusing on how one person reconciled his concerns for the state of the planet with his role as a small business owner, manufacturing plastic packaging. As a former environmental
Book Review | Preparing to Write Settings that Feel Like Characters @JLenniDorner
Settings that feel like Characters are what the literary agents are looking for. So says J Lenni Dorner in his introduction to this short book, aimed at authors. The good news is: readers feel your settings more acutely if they
Book Review | Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
Stephen Hawking was a phenomenon. A Brief History of Time sold 10 million copies worldwide. The author said yes, but hardly anyone read it. It took me thirty years to read my copy, so he may well be right! Leonard
Book Review | Meadowland by John Lewis-Stempel #30DaysWild
I chose Meadowland to read during #30DaysWild because it seemed the right thing to do. It was on my list for may reasons, not only for its wildlife story, but for research purposes. You may remember that five (already?) years
Book Review | Erebus: The Story of a Ship
Erebus; a ship that had a notable adventure in Antarctica. I saw an advert for Michael Palin’s new book, added it to my TBR, and saw it in my library’s ‘new books’ section. Reader, I borrowed it. Erebus: the story of