Well, that’s going to make it considerably easier to fit her name into my blog header! A new publisher and a new identity for one of my favourite authors – and a new book on its way. And today, a lovely cover to reveal. The Perfect Betrayal by Lauren North will be published by Transworld/Penguin as… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to share my review of Long Shadows by Thorne Moore, published for kindle by Endeavour Media in March 2018, and also available in paperback. Thorne is co-organiser of the Narberth Book Fair, and I’m a great admirer of her writing: you’ll find reviews of The Unravelling and Shadows here on… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to share my review of A Hundred Tiny Threads by Judith Barrow, published by Honno Press in August 2017, available in paperback and for kindle. Many moons ago, just before life went a little pear-shaped, I had plans to read and review Judith’s Howarth Family trilogy – A Pattern of Shadows,… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech, published as an e-book by Orenda Books on 15th July, with the paperback due for publication on 20th September. Described as “a devastatingly beautiful love story with a dark and tragic heart”, this book was total perfection… Read More »

Woo hoo, it’s finally autumn! And the excitement isn’t because I’m a big fan of mists and mellow fruitfulness (or darker evenings and the nip in the air) – it’s because Autumn at the Café at the End of the Pier by Helen Rolfe landed on my kindle last week, and I couldn’t wait to… Read More »

I’m really looking forward to my forthcoming break – a short stay in Pembrokeshire, with a couple of days in Cardiff on the way, my first solo trip in some considerable time. I’ll enjoy visiting the beautiful coastline of my childhood holidays, maybe taking in a visit to Laugharne too – but the undoubted highlight… Read More »

It’s a pleasure today to join the blog tour and shine the spotlight on It Happened on Dufferin Terrace by Melanie Robertson-King, published by King Park Press on 22nd July, the first in the It Happened series, available for kindle and Kobo. Described as a sweet romance, I rather like the idea of Miracle on 34th… Read More »

I’ve featured Alison May’s writing quite a lot here on Being Anne – I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every book she’s ever written. Heavens, you’ll even find a review of The Heights, the book she wrote recently with Janet Gover, published under the name of Juliet Bell. So I was rather excited to give her latest book… Read More »

Having discovered Jules Wake’s lovely writing when I reviewed Covent Garden in the Snow a couple of weeks ago (you can read the review again here), it’s a real pleasure today to join the blog tour for her new book. A Girl’s Best Friend is published in paperback tomorrow by Sphere (6th September – already available… Read More »

It’s a delight today to be part of the blog tour for Another Rebecca by Tracey Scott-Townsend, the second edition due for publication on 13th September by Wild Pressed Books. I’ve had the great pleasure of spending time in Tracey’s company at a few book-related events, and I’d very much like to read one of… Read More »

This is something I never usually do – review a book on Being Anne more than two months before release – but today I’m going to break the rules, because I can’t contain myself any longer. Fallible Justice by Laura Laakso will be published by Louise Walters Books on 8th November – a first acquisition… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour and sharing my review of Finding Rose by Julie Ryan, published for kindle on 2nd September, available via Amazon in the UK and US. I’m actually quite ashamed that this is the first time I’ve read and reviewed one of Julie’s books. We’ve been… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for What’s Left Unsaid, the debut novel from Deborah Stone – published in July 2018 by Matador, available as an e-book and paperback. My thanks to Kelly at Love Books Group Tours for the invitation. And I must admit that this is one of… Read More »

I don’t feature poetry very often here on Being Anne, but it’s such a pleasure to welcome Claire Baldry as my guest today. Many of you will know Claire as the powerhouse behind Books for Older Readers, or as the author of the excellent Different Genes (you’ll find my review of her novel here). But others… Read More »

It’s not very often that I take part in a cover reveal – but when Aria Fiction asked me to share this one, I just couldn’t resist. Cottage on a Cornish Cliff by Kate Ryder will be published as an e-book on 16th October, and is now available for pre-order. I really loved Summer in… Read More »