Magic Fiction Since Potter

Cover: Becka Moor ‘I took them, as many books as I could carry in the back seat of my car. I drove home with the smell of paper distracting...

Illustration: David Dean Wonderfully told (again) I greatly enjoyed Lesley Parr’s first book The Valley of Lost Secrets. This, her second, ...

And now, for once, something completely different. If anyone is interested, I have just started a new blog where I will be building up an ar...

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...