OK, I’ll admit it – National Poetry Day isn’t a date that usually figures large on my agenda. But today it’s a real pleasure to be able to celebrate it, by launching the blog tour for the rather lovely poetry booklet from Claire Baldry, Simply Modern Life, published on 28th August by Matador Books, and… Read More »

Having read – and thoroughly enjoyed – the second book in the Suzanne Jones series, Deception! (you’ll find my review here), I’d rather planned to try something different from Elizabeth Ducie. Gorgito’s Ice Rink, I thought – that’s one that’s been on my kindle for far longer than it should have been. But then I saw… Read More »

I’m really delighted today to be joining the blog tour for Lies Between Us by Ronnie Turner, published as an e-book and audio book on 1st October by HQ Digital, with the paperback to follow on 13th December. This has to be one of the biggest blog tours in recent history, and for very good… Read More »

There I was, browsing on Facebook – as you do – and I happened to stumble across Apricot Plots. It was a page that I hadn’t noticed before, so I took a closer look – and was really delighted to discover that it was an exciting new venture from a group of authors, several of… Read More »

I’m such a fan of Jessica Redland’s writing – I’ve had the real pleasure of spending time in her company a few times now, and experienced the warmth of her personality that also shines from the pages of her books. Jessica told me that, of all her lovely books, Bear With Me was probably her… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for The Love Detective by Angela Dyson, published today (28th September) by Matador Books, and available as an ebook and in paperback. When Helen Lewis of Literally PR invited me to join the tour (thanks Helen!), I sadly had to decline the opportunity to… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to be part of the blog tour for The Songs of Us by Emma Cooper. I’d wanted to read this one when the e-version was released back in May, and have watched all those wonderful reviews appearing, so wanting to be able to fit it into my reading list. The… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Turning Left Around The World by David C Moore, published by Mirador Publishing on 24th/25th September. Although it’s not a term I’m particularly keen on, regular readers will know that at approaching 63 years of age I’m something of a “grey globetrotter” myself!… Read More »

I’m really delighted today to be joining the blog tour for The Winter That Made Us by Kate Field, on the day (20th September) that it’s being published for kindle and in paperback by Accent Press. I’m still a tad ashamed that I haven’t managed to read The Magic of Ramblings, but I absolutely loved… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to join the blog tour for Ravens Gathering by Graeme Cumming, published for kindle in 2012, and in paperback by Matador in February 2017. You may remember that I’ve already shared my review of this book – and still laugh about Graeme’s (just slightly concerned) “it’s very different from your usual”… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to be sharing my review of the latest book by Lynda Stacey, The Fake Date, on publication day. Published on all e-book platforms and as an audiobook by Ruby Fiction, with the most striking of covers (now there’s one that will certainly catch your eye on the bookshop shelves when… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to welcome author Julia Ibbotson as my guest on Being Anne. It’s not her first visit: she wrote me a lovely guest post on writing timeslip in August 2017, just after the release of A Shape on the Air (read it again here). Her latest book, Finding Jess, is the… Read More »

Lizzie Lamb – where do I start?! One of the very loveliest ladies I know and am proud to call a friend, and an author whose books I love. And when I heard that she was taking Take Me, I’m Yours on a blog tour, there was no way I wasn’t going to be part… Read More »

There are several crime authors attending Narberth Book Fair, and choosing one book from the genre was particularly difficult. The book I finally plumped for was The Silent Quarry by Cheryl Rees-Price, published in December 2015 and the first in the DI Winter Meadows series. I can’t remember seeing another blogger review, and I thought… Read More »

I’ve been wanting to read a book by Alex Martin for quite a while. The Rose Trail particularly caught my eye, but has been languishing on my kindle for a couple of years now: the forthcoming Narberth Book Fair gave me the very best of reasons to finally give it a try. Restless spirits might… Read More »