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Tag Archives: book
Sam Neill’s memoir delves into cancer, Jurassic Park – and some painful celebrity tales
Did I Ever Tell You This? ranges from emotional intensity to pithy insider quips, all told in an endearingly earthy style. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Film, Journalism
Tagged autobiography, book, cancer, celebrity, did i ever tell you this, hollywood, hugh grant, jurassic park, memoir, meryl streep, review, sam neill, telegraph
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The Red Bird Sings: the bizarre true story of how a ghost testified in court
Aoifa Fitzpatrick draws on an extraordinary 1897 trial in a debut novel that’s a blend of courtroom drama, murder mystery and feminist fable. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged america, Aoifa Fitzpatrick, book, courtroom, crime, fiction, ghost, Greenbrier Ghost, murder, novel, review, telegraph, the red bird sings, trial
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From the classroom to the trenches, a gay love story for the ages
Alice Winn’s heartrending debut novel In Memoriam, set during the First World War, brings history wrenchingly to life. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged alice winn, boarding school, book, first world war, flanders, gay, in memoriam, lgbtq, love, novel, poetry, queer, review, romance, telegraph, the front, trenches, world war 1
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A Wild and True Relation by Kim Sherwood: George Eliot meets Dickens in a literary treasure hunt
A novel that begins as a swashbuckling tale about smugglers swerves into a smart study of women sidelined by literary history. Read my full Telegraph review here
BookTok superstar Colleen Hoover has sold 20 million novels – but does she glamourise trauma?
Her latest novel It Starts With Us is a troubling blend – and pure fan service. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged atlas corrigan, book, booktok, coho, colleen hoover, domestic abuse, domestic violence, it ends with us, it starts with us, lily bloom, novel, review, ryle kincaid, telegraph, tiktok, trauma
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A Street Shaken by Light review
A swashbuckling historical epic – by John Buchan’s grandson. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged a street shaken by light, book, historical, james buchan, novel, review, telegraph
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The Night Ship review
The fascinating true story of the Batavia’s shipwreck should make for a riveting novel. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged batavia, book, historical fiction, jess kidd, novel, review, shipwreck, telegraph, the night ship
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Will this novel do for Joan of Arc what Wolf Hall did for Thomas Cromwell?
Katherine J Chen’s fresh and enthralling novel Joan reimagines the servant girl who took on the English as a hardscrabble survivor. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged book, fiction, hilary mantel, historical, joan, joan of arc, katherine j chen, novel, review, telegraph, wolf hall
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Dark Earth review
Magic in the ghostly rubble of 6th-century London. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged ancient rome, anglo saxon, book, dark ages, dark earth, fiction, historical, history, londinium, novel, rebecca stott, review, roman, telegraph
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Agatha Christie’s secret life as a romance novelist
Hiding under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, Christie wrote stories that reflected the pain of her private life. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged agatha christie, author, book, giants bread, Mary Westmacott, murder mystery, radio, radio 4, radio play, romance, secret, telegraph
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