I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 24 – A banned book I loved The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas when I read it for the 20 Books…

I'm delighted to be joined by Helena Dixon today, author of Murder at Midwinter Farm. Murder at Midwinter Farm is published today by Bookouture and available now in digital edition: full details below. Over to Helena to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your festive book 1) It’s set in Devon, England in the weeks before Christmas 1937. …

It was my pleasure to stay in with lovely Freya North recently to chat about her new novella Christmas at Flora’s House. You’ll find that conversation here. I was thrilled when Freya sent me a copy…

It's the end of Book Week Scotland today and up and down the country, people have been attending events in bookshops, libraries, schools and more. If there wasn't anything near you, you don't need to miss out. The Scottish Book Trust has produced a free book with a collection of short stories and non-fiction on the subject of friendship. A few are by published writers but most of the writers haven't previously been published.

I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 22 – A book with a beautiful cover I loved The Foundling by Stacey Halls and the cover is …

Andrey Kurkov – Three Years On Fire (blog tour) Published by Open Borders Press (part of Orenda Books), hardback £18.99, also available in ebook and audiobook. I received a proof copy of…

I'm delighted to be joined by Jean Fullerton today, author of Winter Wishes for the East End Girls. Winter Wishes for the East End Girls was published yesterday by Bookouture and available now for e-readers: full details below. Over to Jean to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your festive book. Firstly. Winter Wishes for the East End Girls…

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Today I'm sharing the first lines from the prologue of my current audiobook, New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page. Sally is a favourite author of mine and I loved the book which this novella is a sequel to: The Book of Beginnings. Isn't that cover just so Christmassy? I'll be sharing my review for this one at the end of next week, then in a couple of weeks, Sally will be taking part in my Festive #ThreeTwoOne so watch out for that.

the setup… Juniper (June) Perry is a marketing assistant working with her best friend Avery Banks whose family owns the company. Both are children of privilege but June’s parents have been MIA sinc…

The Boys in the Boat is a riveting account of overcoming hardship, competition, rowing, teamwork, trust, and friendship.

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 20 – A book from your favourite series This is another difficult prompt, because I have mo…

Today Mandie takes over with her review of Sharp Force, the brand new Kay Scarpetta novel from Patricia Cornwell. With thanks to publisher Sphere who provided a copy of the book via Netgalley. Here…

I adored Little Wing by Freya North so was really excited to hear she was going to self-publish a series of four novellas set in the same house in Harris which featured in the book. Christmas at Flora's House is the first in the series and is about a holiday in the cottage planned by retired couple Maggie and Roger. It's going to be a very different Christmas, a first away from home and actually the first trip to Harris having just viewed it from Skye on some of their previous holidays.

Over the years that I’ve been blogging I’ve made several author friends and it’s my absolute pleasure to welcome one of them  – Graeme Cumming – to chat with me about his latest book to…