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Book review: Gathering Days, by Ellie Evelyn Orrell
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (679+ words) ‘Sometimes old traditions are thrown up like dust along a summer road. You glimpse them briefly in the sunbeams…’ This quiet, yet profound book, and one I took great pleasure in reading, is a collection of such moments and memories,…...
Still Night, Burning House Review: The Secrecy of Family
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (352+ words) Still Night, Burning House (Canada, 76 min.) Dir. Carol Nguyễn Prod. Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre, Rob Vroom, Ariel Nasr Programme: TIFF Docs (World premiere) Filmmaker Carol Nguyễn has shown in her short films that she understands how to delicately peel off the tensely…...
SELF-ISH by Jonn Penney - Book Review
19+ hour, 13+ min ago (203+ words) SELF-ISH by Jonn Penney Published by The Pop Group SELF-ISH, the long-awaited lyric book/autobiography from Ned’s Atomic Dustbin frontman Jonn Penney, is now available. As with any good autobiography, it’s open and honest, highs and lows, warts and all,…...
Saddleworth author celebrates release of long-awaited novel
18+ hour, 35+ min ago (412+ words) A Saddleworth author is enjoying early success with his novel after seeing a story inspired by real-life events finally make its way into readers’ hands. Mike Rooke’s Go, Going, Gone: A Tale of Two Countries is now available, following an…...
Barbara Cartland sold millions. Why is it so hard to find her novels in shops today?
22+ hour, 37+ min ago (219+ words) The Independent Barbara does not require a biographer to rescue her from mockery. She was too steely for that. If a cartoonist drew an unflattering caricature of her, she bought the original and hung it in her downstairs bathroom. But…...
Martha Stewart Wants Everyone To Read This Book (& It's A Magical Realism Masterpiece)
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (285+ words) women.com Martha Stewart Wants Everyone To Read This Book (& It's A Magical Realism Masterpiece) We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Martha Stewart might be more well-known as a pioneer of the domestic arts than a…...
The Bookmonger: 'Shape-shifting' tale probes and haunts
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (383+ words) Published 11:00 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 By Barbara Lloyd McMichael “If you spent your whole life collecting legends, why should it come as any surprise when one of them turned the tables and found you?” This question, posed in the opening chapter…...
Book review: Signs Among the Stones: A literary journey through C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia by Jem Bloomfield
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (346+ words) Friday 11 September 2026 Rachel Mann reads the third in a series on C. S. Lewis’s children’s tales Signs Among the Stones is the third volume in Bloomfield’s critical sequence, alongside the excellent Paths Through the Snow (about The Lion, The Witch and the…...
BROKEN LAND REVIEW - by Edward Douglas
3+ day, 19+ min ago (537+ words) BROKEN LAND REVIEW Edward Douglas | Substack The Weekend Warrior Newsletter “Morse gives one of his strongest performances in recent memory, making it a worthwhile look into his character’s world.” The migrant situation in the United States has led to many…...
In My Mind's Eye by Annette Clarke | CBC Books
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (427+ words) Annette Clarke has made the 2026 CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist for In My Mind’s Eye. Clarke described In My Mind's Eye as "some memories I hold for living." The longlist was selected from nearly 1,900 submissions. A team of 12 writers and editors…...