Published: September 2023 Publisher: Allen and Unwin   This novel centres around Alice, a young indigenous woman, who on the surface has the most perfect life. She has just given birth to a beautiful baby girl called Dawn and is married to Steve, her charismatic white husband whose academic focus is the study of Mohawk … More And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

                 Publisher: Sphere                  Publication Date: 8th February 2024 Loosely based on the pioneering female palaeontologist Mary Anning the reader is introduced to the brilliant Ada Winters, who in 1824, combs the beaches of Lyme Regis in search of fossils and new scientific discoveries. Born into poverty, she scrapes by with her mother Edith, selling the curiosities … More The Bone Hunters by Joanne Burn

                   Publisher: Penguin                 Publication Date: 25th January 2024 Miss Austen investigates is centred round the title’s eponymous heroine and famous 18th Century writer who, on a winter’s evening, attends with her family an engagement party only to discover the body of a local milliner who has been beaten to death in a cupboard. This shocking … More Miss Austen Investigates by Jessica Bull

                Publisher: Simon & Schuster                Publication Date: 11th May 2023 This atmospheric and mysterious non-fiction text by David Grann, opens on the 28th of January 1742 where a dilapidated wooden vessel appears on the coast of Brazil. Inside the vessel are 30 men, who have experienced the extremities of the sea and starvation traversing thousands of … More The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

Publication Date: August 2023 Publisher: Digit Publications Jeremy Hullah’s book tells the tale of the Baron of Beaux Botton, who indeed is very beastly. He is rude, spoilt, and uncaring preferring his own company and ideas than those of others around him. An archetypal villain who does not think twice about reneging on promises to … More The Beastly Baron of Beaux Bottom by Jeremy Hullah

Publication Date: 19th September 2023 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books It was perhaps unwise to delve into the fourth Lily Adler Mystery series, by Katharine Schellman, without having read the previous three, however I was quickly transported into a story world that was intriguing and comfortingly familiar in terms of what we might expect from a … More Murder at Midnight by Katharine Schellman

Published: 12th October 2023 Publisher: Elliott and Thompson The premise of this book is initially what compelled me to read it, alongside the beautiful front cover! There is something magical and atmospheric about reading seasonal writings as the world outside shifts and changes to mirror what is on the page. Nancy Campbell states that the … More Nature Tales for Winter Nights edited by Nancy Campbell

Published: July 2023 Last year I reviewed Gail Aldwin’s ‘This Much Huxley Knows’ which was a poignant and touching read about a young boy growing up and having to navigate the mysteries and complexities of the adult world. I found the narrative perspective really intriguing as I had not experienced many novels that narrate from … More The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell by Gail Aldwin

by Carole Smith and illustrated by Alexandra Wilson Published by Ink! By The Author School Publication Date: July 2023 The New Forest is an ancient woodland in Southern England. It is famous for its beauty but also for the wild ponies that roam its pathways. Like the author herself, as a young child on family … More Have you seen the New Forest Unicorn?

Published by: Routledge Publication Date: 2023 The author of this book, Dr. Susan Doering, is a truly admirable woman. Now working as an international career coach and executive leadership mentor, this book was born with the intention of coaching women through career journeys and supporting them through these transitions. It had to be aimed at … More Smart Career Moves for Smart Women: How to Succeed in Career Transitions by Dr. Susan Doering