Really delighted today to be joining the blog tour and sharing my review of Grace After Henry, the second novel by Eithne Shortall, published by Atlantic Books/Corvus in paperback and for kindle on 3rd May. I loved the premise for this book as soon as Anne at Random Things Tours shared it with me: thanks… Read More »

Ruby Fiction – the new imprint from Choc Lit – has really got me quite excited, with their plans to publish books that I just know I’m going to love reading. You’ll perhaps remember how much I loved their first release, The Best Boomerville Hotel, by the lovely Caroline James – you can read my… Read More »

A pleasure today to be joining the blog blitz for The Lights Went Out and Other Stories by Fiona Cooke Hogan, published in October 2015, and available from Amazon in the UK and US. The Lights Went out And Other Stories is a quirky collection of flash fiction, short and longer stories. With themes ranging… Read More »

I’m really delighted today to be joining the retro review blog blitz for A Clean Sweep by Audrey Davis – independently published, and available for kindle and in paperback. And I must apologise to the author and tour organiser Rachel’s Random Resources (again!) that I’m not able to share a review today as originally planned… Read More »

It was a real delight to welcome author Jane Davis as my guest on Being Anne in March, where she shared the pitfalls of writing fact-based fiction – you can read it again here. Smash all the Windows was published on 12th April – available for kindle and in paperback – and it was a… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Unscripted by Claire Handscombe, publication forthcoming from Unbound. No-one is a bigger fan of actor Thomas Cassidy than Libby. No-one. That’s why she’s totally going to marry him. She is going to write a novel, name the main character after Thom, and find… Read More »

I’m delighted today to be opening the blog tour for Nothing Is As It Was, a collection of short stories about climate change, edited by Amanda Saint & Gillian Walker, and published by Retreat West on 22nd April to coincide with Earth Day. A collection of short stories and flash fictions on the theme of climate change… Read More »

There’s always something rather special about featuring an author on publication day, and it’s a real pleasure today to introduce you to Fiona Morgan. Her début novel, Free, caught many readers’ attention last year – and I very much like the look of her second, What’s Mine, published today (26th April) by Pegasus. Bronagh seems to have… Read More »

It’s always such a pleasure to feature the gorgeous covers of Elliott & Thompson books on Being Anne – and they’re one of the very few publishers to tempt me away from fiction to look at the fascinating subjects they feature. Today it’s a real pleasure to join the blog tour for Rebellious Spirits by… Read More »

Delighted to join the blog tour today for East of India by Erica Brown, published by Canelo on 16th April and available on all major e-book platforms (kindle, Kobo, Google, iBooks). I love the look of this book – with its obvious comparisons with so many others I’ve enjoyed – and I do hope I’ll… Read More »

I’m always on the look-out for books with older characters at their heart, books that might particularly appeal to older readers – A Grand Old Time by Judy Leigh, published for kindle by Avon Books on 3rd April (just 99p at the moment, with the paperback to follow on 3rd May) looked like a book… Read More »

Today I’m joining the blog tour for Stories We Tell Ourselves by Sarah Françoise, published by Apollo (an imprint of Head of Zeus) on 5th April in hardcover and for kindle, with the paperback to follow in November. Described as “an illuminating, amusing, beautifully written 
meditation on relationships”, I really liked the look of this one… Read More »

Delighted to be joining the blog tour today for Captain Rockford’s Reckoning by Susan Lodge, published by Crooked Cat Books on 4th April, available from Amazon in the UK and US for kindle and in paperback. Described as historical romance/suspense, this one looks rather good, and I might be tempted to give it a try…… Read More »

Delighted today to be joining the blog tour for Blind Dates, Big Love & Six Tinder Weeks by Bena Roberts, published in December 2017 and available in paperback and for kindle via Amazon in the UK and US (also on e-book via Kobo, Nook and Smashwords). I just couldn’t fit this one into my reading schedule… Read More »