Published by: Bloomsbury August 2019 As someone who had little knowledge of what a mudlark was before reading this book it is really useful that Lara Maiklem opens with the following definition from the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles: ‘ A person who scavenges for usable debris in the mud of a … More Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames by Lara Maiklem

Published by: Faber and Faber April 2021 It feels a somewhat incongruent experience to finish reading This One Sky Day and have to leave the fictional archipelago Popisho, brimming in life and warmth to come back to a frost and snow ridden UK. I have never experienced reading a book quite like it and I … More This One Sky Day by Leone Ross

by C Pam Zhang Publisher: Virago April 2020 How Much of These Hills is Gold C Pam Zhang I finished this book two days ago and yet certain images from it continue to haunt me: the buffalo bones, the dust, the tiger paw prints and mostly, the flecks of gold. It is these flecks of … More How Much of These Hills is Gold

Pan MacMillan: Inspired by real events, The Lamplighters is an intoxicating and suspenseful mystery, an unforgettable story of love and grief that explores the way our fears blur the line between the real and the imagined. My review: Humans are always drawn to the unexplained and mysterious. Perhaps because it is a reminder of our own frailty … More The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex