Reviews

The first story in And I Don’t Even Have An Uncle In Australia is a short memoir and tells the tale of part of the authors time in the RAF and his adventures on one occasion when he needed to get to Australia. I really liked the ‘form’ his father has sent him to complete: […]

‘Time spent with cats is never wasted’ Sigmund Freud I don’t have a cat, the road we live on is far too dangerous for me to risk that heartache but that is the only reason I wouldn’t have one. As I’m writing this I’m on holiday and there are a couple of cats that have […]

When I used to babysit as a teenager I’d scare myself watching Crimewatch by imagining how terrifying it would be to find the doppelganger for one of the photo-fits to be the very person sat on the other end of the sofa to you. The Devil You Know reminded me of those times and it shows […]

Cathy Murray was inspired to write Cabbage and Semolina after witnessing her mother-in-law’s sadly too late attempt to record her own reminiscences. It is a collection of memories of a 1950’s childhood, and it is a delight to read. As I was born in the 1960’s I thought this collection of memories might not mean […]

I don’t generally accept books to review, deciding instead to simply review what I choose to read, but in this case I made an exception. I was contacted by Publishing Push and then by the author herself and although my main reasoning for saying yes then was that the book was only 52 pages long, […]

I have read all of the anthologies produced by the students of this creative writing course and am always amazed at the quality of the work produced by, often, first time writers, and in such a short period of time. In each of these anthologies there is always an informative Foreword from the editor, Phil […]

I received a copy of this novel as part of Rosie Amber’s Book Review Team and in exchange for my honest review, so here it is. Where There’s Smoke is a story about Jo Woods, a firefighter who, after stirring up trouble for the authorities in her previous town, has been banished to the backwater […]

I do not fit into the target audience for this novel, not being YA (a young adult) nor male, however I still enjoyed Dory’s Avengers which just goes to show that you should always be willing to try new things. This is an original and interesting read with the main character, Louis, being an albino […]

I received a copy of A Taste of his own Medicine from the author as part of Rosie Amber’s Book Review Team and in exchange for an honest review. I chose to read this book because I liked the premise of it. Kate has been invited to a thirty-year reunion of all those with whom […]

‘…it’s all about the writing as art.’ This is a love story… this is what it says at the beginning of Shiny Coin but if you’re looking for hearts and flowers, tears and romance, walk on by, because this is not one of those. This is the other sort. This is the type of love […]