Magic Fiction Since Potter

Here is a small selection for anyone seeking to read or share books that have a seasonal feel without being overtly connected to specific r...

Although I have taken a break from writing up this blog for much of the last year, I have no more taken a break from reading that I could h...

Cover: Helen Crawford-White Lucy Strange is rapidly consolidating her reputation as a fine writer for older children/younger teens (and up...

Cover: Leo Nickolls ‘I have to tell you plain-plain, my corner of the world is an inside-out, upside -down, twist-in-time place where stran...

Still one of the very best The cover quote on my copy of this book is from Leigh Bardugo and says: ‘There is no joy like returning to the O...

A very special choice  This is perhaps an unexpected book choice for me: populist, uber-accessible, non-fiction. Yet it is one of the most i...

Darkly Original I admire novels that show startling originality of imagination. However, to be considered worthwhile overall, such books al...