This is a Book Week guest post from Emily Carlisle of More than Just a Mother. Writing is a solitary activity and for the most part this is an appealing aspect of the craft. But sharing your work with others can bring enormous pleasure as well as adding to your …
This is a Book Week guest post by Adam Horovitz of The Sleep of Reason. My poetry writing life takes place in corners, in snatched moments, on the periphery of vision, in the littoral zones of the imagination. Where is not important, not physically anyway. I can write anywhere, and …
This is a Book Week guest post from Emily Carlisle of More than Just a Mother. If I have to, I can write anywhere. I can write on paper or on the laptop, in pen or in pencil – I’d write with pavement chalk if it’s all I had. I …
Good morning and I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s Holiday Projects day on Book Week – reviews of a home style book and a cookery book and a very useful round-up of some gardening with children books. Today is our writing day and it is mostly themed around where writers like …
This is a Book Week guest post from Deb of Carrots and Kids. Books are hard to resist. And books on gardening with children? Even harder. Take a look at any gardening section of your local bookshop and the choice will be dazzling. Who knew there could be so many …
This is a Book Week guest post from Joanna, aka Mrs M, aka Madamding. It’s no real secret that I love a cookbook. At the last count my kitchen shelves were groaning under the weight of approximately 250 books. Whilst I may have hundreds of books, I still tend to …
This is a Book Week guest review by Liz of Violet Posy for Thursday’s theme of Holiday Projects. Are you thinking of undergoing a room (or house) transformation this summer? This book might well provide the inspiration you need! Romantic Prairie Style by Fifi O’Neil £11.93 on Amazon I bought …
It’s Thursday of Book Week and I hope you’ve been enjoying the week so far – Monday was all about American fiction, Tuesday was about books for the children (activity books, an adventure book series and phonics activity books), Wednesday was about new books for you and today we’re looking …
I hope you’ve enjoyed Wednesday’s book reviews and have found some new books to take on holiday with you, or just to add to your to-be-read pile. The day started with some holiday reading recommendations from Elizabeth Buchan and then continued with reviews of the books I’ve read recently, Sister …
This is a Book Week book review for Wednesday’s Holiday Reading theme. Rose is a successful books editor. She is married to Nathan, also a newspaper editor and they have two grown-up children, Poppy and Sam. The book is an exploration of Rose’s turning her life round after and through …
