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Bookseller feature: Richard Hayden of THE RYE BOOKSHOP chooses CRAFTLAND by James Fox

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · 24d

New bookseller guest! Richard Hayden of The Rye Bookshop chooses James Fox's excellent CRAFTLAND: "Craft, it is implied, is for hobbyists at home; instead, this tiny and shrinking minority do work. Hard work ... "
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... #Rye #bookshops #JamesFox #crafts

Guest review by Sarah LeFanu: UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · 17d

Welcome to new guest Sarah LeFanu, who praises Iris Murdoch's Under the Net: "Joy in thinking & observing, in the pleasures of friendship and pursuit of love, all vividly present in her first, utterly delightful novel." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... @vintagebooks.bsky.social

ALBION by Anna Hope, reviewed by Linda Newbery

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · 10d

"Asks deep questions about individual responsibility, whether past wrongs can be righted, how we adapt to climate change & nature loss, & what kind of future we can shape." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/albi... @lindanewbery.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #AnnaHope #greatreads

Guest review by David Breakell: PRECIPICE by Robert Harris

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · 3d

Guest author David Breakell finds much to admire in Robert Harris's PRECIPICE, set in 1914. "Finds something new to say ... a seasoned political observer so the context is expertly handled." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... #RobertHarris #historicalfiction #FirstWorldWar #greatreads

Buy The One True Thing: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

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Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ @lindanewbery.bsky.social · Sep 7

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BOOKSHOP FEATURE: Inside an Indian Indie bookstore, by Venkatesh Swamy

Celia Rees @celiarees.bsky.social · Sep 8

Great novel. Thank you for the reminder Dennis Hamley on @writersreview.bsky.social

@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Sep 8

Guest Dennis Hamley explains why A S Byatt's POSSESSION is hi 'favourite-ever' novel. "I re-read it once every three years and each time I find even more in it." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues... #BookerPrize #ASByatt #greatreads #literarymystery #poetry
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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Sep 8

Guest Dennis Hamley explains why A S Byatt's POSSESSION is hi 'favourite-ever' novel. "I re-read it once every three years and each time I find even more in it." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues... #BookerPrize #ASByatt #greatreads #literarymystery #poetry
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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Aug 18

'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.' Regular contributor Graeme Fife comes to THE GO BETWEEN for the first time. 'At the end, I cried.' Who else loves this, and/or the film versions? reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/08/gues... #LPHartley #TheGoBetween #heatwave #1900

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Sep 1

"Just like its customers, a bookstore has its own personality..." A new kind of bookshop feature today - guided by Venkatesh Swamy, we visit the thriving Eureka! in #Delhi to sample the rewards & irritations of daily bookshop life. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... #India #indiebookshop

SUMMER ROUND-UP by Adèle, Celia and Linda

Celia Rees @celiarees.bsky.social · Jul 28

Check out our summer reads. We'd love to know what your choices would be!

@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Jul 28

Summer round-up: what have we loved recently? What's on our reading piles? Lovely range chosen by @celiarees.bsky.social @lindanewbery.bsky.social and #AdeleGeras. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/07/summ... @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @merlinsheldrake.bsky.social @judithallnatt.bsky.social

SUMMER ROUND-UP by Adèle, Celia and Linda

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Jul 28

Summer round-up: what have we loved recently? What's on our reading piles? Lovely range chosen by @celiarees.bsky.social @lindanewbery.bsky.social and #AdeleGeras. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/07/summ... @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @merlinsheldrake.bsky.social @judithallnatt.bsky.social

The One True Thing by Linda Newbery

Celia Rees @celiarees.bsky.social · May 5

Fabulous and so well deserved!

@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Apr 29

A lovely review for THE ONE TRUE THING, one of our three launch titles. "Linda Newbery is a writer of great experience and skill ... understanding of people and the power of words." Thank you @seasidereader.bsky.social! picturesandconversations.co.uk/2025/04/29/t... #WritersReviewPublishing

If we are fortunate in our lives we will find the one thing that gives us meaning and contentment and joy. It might be something great or small and it will be personal to us even if it is something…

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Apr 29

A lovely review for THE ONE TRUE THING, one of our three launch titles. "Linda Newbery is a writer of great experience and skill ... understanding of people and the power of words." Thank you @seasidereader.bsky.social! picturesandconversations.co.uk/2025/04/29/t... #WritersReviewPublishing

The One True Thing by Linda Newbery

If we are fortunate in our lives we will find the one thing that gives us meaning and contentment and joy. It might be something great or small and it will be personal to us even if it is something…

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SPECIAL FEATURE Q&A: Celia Rees interviews Mary Hoffman about DAVID: THE UNAUTHORISED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Celia Rees @celiarees.bsky.social · May 5

A must read!

@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · May 5

"What I like best for historical fiction - lots of facts to draw on but a great big gap where you can create the story." Mary Hoffman on DAVID, out with #WritersReviewPublishing - and she gives 6 great tips for writers too! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/05/spec... @maryhoffman.bsky.social

SPECIAL FEATURE Q&A: Celia Rees interviews Mary Hoffman about DAVID: THE UNAUTHORISED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · May 5

"What I like best for historical fiction - lots of facts to draw on but a great big gap where you can create the story." Mary Hoffman on DAVID, out with #WritersReviewPublishing - and she gives 6 great tips for writers too! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/05/spec... @maryhoffman.bsky.social

Guest review by Cindy Jefferies: LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK by Kathleen Rooney

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Apr 21

'Lillian charmed me into her life" - guest Cindy Jefferies enjoys the 1930s Manhattan wanderings of #KatherineRooney's Lillian Boxfish. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/04/gues... @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @cindyjefferies.bsky.social #greatreads #1930s #NewYork #flaneuse #advertising

Special feature: Leena Norms answers questions from Celia and Catrin Rees on HALF ARSE HUMAN

Celia Rees @celiarees.bsky.social · Apr 8

I'm new to your pod but am hooked. I really enjoyed listening to this and admire your immaculate presentation and the breadth and depth of your research.

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Celia Rees @celiarees.bsky.social · Apr 8

Big and long time fan of QAA and always love your content. Really enjoyed you latest with @paulmmcooper. Just listened to his Fall of Civilisations on the Mongols. Have added to my pods. He has a new fan!

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Celia Rees @celiarees.bsky.social · Mar 31

Hope for all #halfarses ffrom the wonderful @leenanorms.bsky.social

@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Mar 31

On the blog today: Leena Norms answers questions from Celia Rees and daughter Catrin on how to make 'half arsing' work for you in all areas of your life! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec... #selfhelp #LeenaNorms #lifehacks @celiarees.bsky.social @leenanorms.bsky.social #lifecoach

Special feature: Leena Norms answers questions from Celia and Catrin Rees on HALF ARSE HUMAN

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Mar 31

On the blog today: Leena Norms answers questions from Celia Rees and daughter Catrin on how to make 'half arsing' work for you in all areas of your life! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec... #selfhelp #LeenaNorms #lifehacks @celiarees.bsky.social @leenanorms.bsky.social #lifecoach

Special feature: WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING!

Celia Rees @celiarees.bsky.social · Mar 24

Proud to be part of this! Excellent writers. Quality Fiction. Writers doing it for themselves...

@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Mar 24

Introducing WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING! Our launch books: great reissues by @maryhoffman.bsky.social (David: the Unauthorised Autobiography) and Judith Allnatt (The Poet's Wife & a new novel from @lindanewbery.bsky.social (The One True Thing). More here! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec...

Special feature: WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING!

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Mar 24

Introducing WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING! Our launch books: great reissues by @maryhoffman.bsky.social (David: the Unauthorised Autobiography) and Judith Allnatt (The Poet's Wife & a new novel from @lindanewbery.bsky.social (The One True Thing). More here! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec...

Guest review by Alison Layland: SARN HELEN, a Journey through Wales, Past, Present and Future, by Tom Bullough

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@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social · Feb 17

We welcome Alison Layland, who praises Tom Bullough's SARN HELEN, Welsh Book of the Year 2024. "What a journey he takes us on! A cry from the heart.https://reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-review-by-alison-layland-sarn.html @ecoworrier.bsky.social @grantabooks.bsky.social #climatecrisis