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The Frank Show
David Mackintosh
Review by Elaine Penrose

This off-beat story reveals there is more to grandparents than young children would ever imagine. 

The Girl in the Mask
Marie-Louise Jensen

Returning from the West Indies in 1715, Sophia’s father finds his daughter unsupervised and grown into an unruly, but educated, young woman.  

The Lying Carpet
David Lucas
Review by Elaine Penrose

Imagine a very old rambling house; one with rooms full of treasured memories, ornaments gathering dust, carpets worn but no longer trodden on, sun light filtering through windows and hazy dust part

The Other Child
Charlotte Link
Review by Sarah Chapman

Best-selling German author Charlotte Link is back with another tense thriller.

This Will Be Difficult to Explain
johanna skibsrud
Review by Anna Coatman

Canadian writer Johanna Skibsrud follows up her Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning debut novel The Sentimentalists with this collection of thoughtful, carefully crafted short stories.

Spitalfields Life
The Gentle Author
Review by Paul Begg

The blog began in a small way in August 2009 with a promise by the 'Gentle Author' to write everyday about the rich variety of life to be found in Spitalf

The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
Ian Mortimer
Review by Tom Tivnan

It is England in the late 1500s and you have “broken a sinew” (tendon). What do you do?

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