I’m delighted to be launching the blog tour today for Let Us Be True by Alex Christofi, published by Serpent’s Tail on 10th August (hardback and e-book). You might well already be aware of Alex’s writing. His debut novel, Glass, a gentle coming-of-age story about a young window cleaner, was widely praised, earning Alex a well-deserved… Read More »
On my kindle, you’ll find every book Jane Lythell has written. I’ve always thought I’d enjoy her writing, but I’m surprised – and ever so slightly ashamed – to find that I’ve never featured her here on Being Anne, or read and reviewed any of those books. Thank goodness for other great bloggers, eh?! So… Read More »
It was a real pleasure to introduce you to author Maggie Cammiss back in May – you can read our conversation again here. And today I’m delighted to feature Maggie for a second time, because I’ve just finished reading Breaking News, her second novel, now available for kindle and in paperback. Do you know, I’m always… Read More »
As soon as author Jan Harvey made contact to tell me about her debut novel, The Seven Letters – published by Matador in November 2016 – I knew it’d be a perfect read for me. Sincere apologies to Jan for keeping her waiting so long, but I’m really delighted today to finally share my review… Read More »
It’s a real pleasure today to join the blog tour for Broken Branches by M Jonathan Lee, published on 27th July by exciting new independent publishing house Hideaway Fall. Advertised as “a mysterious tale of grief, love and loss”, this book has been gathering the most wonderful reviews, and you’ll find many by following the… Read More »
For all sorts of reasons, I’m passionate about the Guardian’s Not the Booker prize. It’s not so much about the winning – in fact, I’ll be honest and say I can’t even name last year’s winner.* And I’m not really a big follower of book prizes in general – I do like the Costa Book… Read More »
Since starting my blog – over four years ago now – one of the joys has been getting to know some lovely authors. Many have never asked me to do anything for them, commenting on posts and just supporting the blog: Dianne Noble has long been one of that number. But when I saw that… Read More »