Magic Fiction Since Potter

There seems to have been very little interest in these reviews recently, so I have decided to end my blog, at least for the moment. Who know...

Sometimes more is more  This has turned out to be a rather mixed year of reading. There have been several high profile and heavily promoted...

Cover illustration: David Dean Safe adventure  The genre that might loosely be called ‘children’s adventures’ has been a mainstay of childr...

Cover art: Andrew Bannecker  The verse novel can be an amazingly effective, and affecting, literary form in the right hands. And this power...

Cover: Micaela Alciano Variety performance  Some authors make a career of repeatedly writing very similar books. Not  Nicholas Bowling .. H...

Cover: Holly Ovenden Here is novel primarily for older teens. But it is a truly remarkable one. Author Pull I love books that don’t patroni...

Cover illustration: Dana SanMar Imagerations I have been an admirer of Sam Gayton since his first book, The Snow Merchant, back in 2011. H...