Review: Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey
I read James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces quite a few years ago, long before The Smoking Gun outed him for having fibbed about it being a memoir, but this didn’t bother me (not nearly as much as...
View Article99 Reasons Why by Caroline Smailes
99 Reasons Why by Caroline Smailes doesn’t have an ending. It has 9 of them. To choose your ending on a Kindle, you answer three questions. On an iPhone or iPad, you get a spinning wheel to play with...
View ArticleHow to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran: Book Review
A Memoir of Masturbation, Menstruation and Music How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran I used to think Caitlin Moran was cool. This was because she worked for Melody Maker and, although that wasn’t as hip...
View ArticleBook review on Words With Jam
I subscribe to the Words With Jam newsletter and when the editor asked for book reviewers, I thought, ‘aha, I don’t write many book reviews; if someone makes me do it, then I’ll write more’. So I...
View ArticleMaidstone Book Club: Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
After reading A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby for last month’s book club, this month we met up to discuss Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller which we all enjoyed. I liked it so much, I borrowed the DVD...
View ArticleFreaks! by Caroline Smailes and Nik Perring
She’s a busy girl, that Caroline Smailes. Her novel, 99 Reasons Why, was released last month and now she’s got another book out – this time in collaboration with flash fiction author Nik Perring and...
View ArticleGuest Post: My Experience of Working With Illustrators, by Nik Perring
Collaborating with Kirsty for the cover of The Flash Mob was a nerve-wracking experience. Would we like it? We absolutely LOVED it, but what if we hadn’t? I’ve known Kirsty for twenty-five years and it...
View ArticleJo Bavington-Jones: “I met my agent on a dating site”
Jo Bavington-Jones is the author of two novels: Lucy Shaw’s Not Sure and Lucy Shaw Wants More, both published by The Conrad Press. I first met Jo when she worked at my local vet’s and, when she told...
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