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Reviews of fiction and non-fiction by an impressive line-up of author guests, hosted by Adele Geras, Linda Newbery and Celia Rees. Posts on alternate Mondays.
Joined July 2016
Follow us for great recommendations on alternate Mondays, all by authors or booksellers. We'll hang around here for a bit longer but you can also find us at #Bluesky: @writersreview.bsky.social, and on #Instagram.
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This week: guest Lesley Glaister praises Jane Rogers' climate-themed short story collection, FIRE READY - 'marvellously eclectic ... fuelled by righteous anger & concern but also shot through with hope.' https://t.co/WqWSzCGgR0
@GlaisterLesley #shortstories @commapress #clifi
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At @WritersReview1: guest Lesley Glaister praises Jane Rogers' short story collection. "Fuelled by righteous anger about climate change but also shot through with light & hope". https://t.co/HcCj7I9eyw
@GlaisterLesley @commapress #ClimateEmergency #shortstories #JaneRogers
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Our fourth book for #WritersReviewPublishing! Here's a great Q&A with Sheena Wilkinson on Miss McVey Takes Charge - feelgood feminism set in 1930s Yorkshire. https://t.co/9YZqU3vSYl
#greatreads #marriagbureau #matchmaking #greyhounds
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At @WritersReview1: a Q&A with Sheena Wilkinson on her new novel MISS McVEY TAKES CHARGE - the fourth title for #WritersReviewPublishing. https://t.co/H1WhFD0OnI
#feelgoodfeminism #1930s #greatreads
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'From the outset I wanted to engage top-quality industry professionals to help me produce a book I could be proud of...' The Decision to Self-Publish by Sheena Wilkinson Read more: https://t.co/ltD8u0QR6l
#BookX #WritingCommunity #selfpublishing
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Ta dah! Here's our fourth book, published today: congratulations, Sheena Wilkinson! Don't miss Monday's Q&A with Sheena about the writing of the book, how it develops ideas from MRS HART'S MARRIAGE BUREAU - and how it came to be on our list. #WritersReviewPublishing #newbooks
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Ta dah! Here's our fourth book, published today: congratulations, Sheena Wilkinson! Don't miss Monday's Q&A with Sheena about the writing of the book, how it develops ideas from MRS HART'S MARRIAGE BUREAU - and how it came to be on our list. #WritersReviewPublishing #newbooks
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This is going to be a real treat!!
Ta-dah: tomorrow sees the publication of our 4th book! It's MISS McVEY TAKES CHARGE, the excellent sequel to MRS HART'S MARRIAGE BUREAU by Sheena Wilkinson. Here's a great article in which she explains her decision to join us: https://t.co/R3HNiQRYvX
#WritersReviewPublishing
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Ta-dah: tomorrow sees the publication of our 4th book! It's MISS McVEY TAKES CHARGE, the excellent sequel to MRS HART'S MARRIAGE BUREAU by Sheena Wilkinson. Here's a great article in which she explains her decision to join us: https://t.co/R3HNiQRYvX
#WritersReviewPublishing
writing.ie
Sheena Wilkinson on her decision to self-publish Miss McVey Takes Charge, the sequel to Mrs Hart’s Marriage Bureau . . .
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"I agree completely with the rave reviews it's received." @adelegeras finds much to admire in Sarah Perry's memoir about the death of her father-in-law. https://t.co/annjBDNvpC
@vintagebooks #SarahPerry #memoir #greatreads #cancer #endoflife #terminalillness #family
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At @WritersReview1 - Adele Geras praises Sarah Perry's memoir about the death of her father-in-law. "I was knocked sideways ... agree completely with the rave reviews." https://t.co/PxiC2ImjIZ
@adelegeras @vintagebooks #death #bereavement #endoflife #palliativecare #SarahPerry
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Regular guest Graeme Fife admires Adam Nicolson's THE MIGHTY DEAD: "There is much in this book to entice and inform". https://t.co/DfBMfkd73T
@AdamNicols #Homer #AncientGreece #epic #greatreads
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"Nicolson, in this enthralling book, introduces Homer in a way entirely apt to the invention and broad sweep of the original." At @WritersReview1, Graeme Fife's choice. https://t.co/P5eA92mq2j
@AdamNicols #Homer
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"Intelligent & compelling without resorting to shallow literary pretentiousness. I loved it – & wondered why on earth it wasn't on the Booker Prize longlist." Guest @SusanElkinJourn on Alexander Starrett's compelling tale of male friendship. https://t.co/Myt2mOOtUc
@_SwiftPress
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At @WritersReview1: returning guest @SusanElkinJourn praises Alexander Starritt's Drayton & Mackenzie, and wonders why it wasn't a Booker choice. "Intelligent and compelling - I loved it." https://t.co/IQlu6DKbHb
@_SwiftPress #greatreads #malefriendship
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Guest David Breakell finds much to enjoy and admire in Robert Harris's PRECIPICE, set in the summer of 1914: "finds something new to say ... the context is expertly handled." https://t.co/rtzm5Cv220
#FirstWorldWar @PenguinUKBooks @Robert___Harris #greatreads #historicalfiction
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At @WritersReview1: guest David Breakell praises PRECIPICE by Robert Harris. "A seasoned political observer ... the context is expertly handled." https://t.co/XCRH96KEMK
@PenguinUKBooks @Robert___Harris #historicalfiction #greatreads #1914
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Big country house, spiky siblings, a death, uncertain future, the shock of past wrongs: @lindanewbery recommends ALBION by #AnnaHope. https://t.co/WmRirdycfT
@PenguinUKBooks
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Lovely to have Iris Murdoch highlighted! If you’ve not read her, now’s the time to start!
"Her joy in thinking and observing, in the vagaries of the emotions, in the pleasures of friendship & in the pursuit of love ... vividly present in her very first, utterly delightful novel." New guest SarahLeFanu praises #IrisMurdoch's Under the Net. https://t.co/0G4Fl93BII
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