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|author=Barry Holland
|rating=4
|genre=Anthologies
|summary=A little bit about Barry Holland: he was born in Newport, South Wales, to working -class parents. He loves rugby and his son - his son is his favourite rugby player, which is just as it should be. He is a qualified engineer but is unable to work because of mental ill -health. All of these things feed into ''View from the Cheap Seats'', which is a collection of poems and imaginings as vivid and immediate and striking as you could hope for. Barry sounds like a thoroughly nice bloke and his book was a pleasure to read.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524633127</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Sybil Marshall and John LawrenceEFT|title= The Book of English Folk Tales|author=Sybil Marshall and John Lawrence|rating= 4|genre= Anthologies|summary= From ghosts to witches, to giants and fairies, ''The Book of English Folk Tales'' is a fascinating collection of stories retold by social historian and folklorist Sybil Marshall. Out of print for over three decades, this beautiful new clothbound edition is complete with wood -engraved illustrations by John Lawrence and is sure to capture the attention of a new generation of lovers of folklore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1468313177</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Trotman_Winter|title=Winter: A Book for the Season
|author=Felicity Trotman (editor)
|genre=Anthologies
|summary=This seasonal anthology contains a nice mixture of poetry, nature and travel pieces, and excerpts from longer works of fiction. Felicity Trotman, a freelance editor and member of the English Civil War Society, has arranged the material into three sections: 'The Old Year', 'Christmas, Sacred and Secular', and 'The New Year'. This creates an appropriate sense of chronological progression, and also serves to make Christmas the heart of the book. Black-and-white illustrations – maps, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and each author gets a short paragraph of biography and background.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445664747</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Elphinstone_Winter|title=Winter Magic
|author=Abi Elphinstone (Editor)
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Gervase PhinnPhinn_Virgin|title= The Virgin Mary's Got Nits|author=Gervase Phinn|rating= 4.5|genre= HumourAnthologies|summary= Christmas in our house is the time we tend to get on a plane and head to either sun or snow, anywhere that is far, far away from the madness at home, last -minute dashes to the shops on Christmas Eve, and food cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, nor a mere 36 hours. But I do remember the feeling of Christmas when I was younger, back when it was magical, and back when you knew exactly what the season would bring with carol concerts and school nativities and Christmas parties. This book is an anthology of those moments, and it took me right back to the wonder of Christmas as a child.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444779400</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Pete Ayrton (editor) Ayrton_Pasaran|title= No Pasaran: Writings from the Spanish Civil War|author=Pete Ayrton (editor)|rating= 4|genre= Anthologies|summary= In ''¡No Pasarán!: Writings from the Spanish Civil War'', Pete Ayrton has chosen a majority of texts by Spanish writers, arguing that the conflict has long been written about from the point of view of the international brigades.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184668997X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Edwards_Manor|title=Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics)
|author=Martin Edwards (editor)
|rating=4.5
|genre=Crime (Historical)Anthologies|summary=I'm not big on short stories, but two factors nudged me towards this book. Firstly, it's broadly golden age crime, one of my weaknesses and secondly, the editor is [[:Category:Martin Edwards|Martin Edwards]], a man whose knowledge of golden age crime is probably unsurpassed and he's done us proud, not only with his selection, but with the half-page biographies of the writers, which precede each story. There's just enough there to allow you to place the author and to direct you to other works if you're tempted. It's an elegant selection, from the well known and the less well known, all set in and around the country house.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0712309934</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Colfer_Place|title=Once Upon a Place
|author=Eoin Colfer (editor)
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers Anthologies
|summary=You know the bit of the blurb on every ''Artemis Fowl'' book, where Eoin Colfer had it said about how you pronounce his name? That wasn't the intention of an up-and-coming author to be recognisable; rather, it was pride. Pride in the difference of it, of the Irishness of it. Ireland, it seems to me, is more full than usual of people, things and ideas, and places that are different by dint of their singular nationality – and so many deserve to have pride attached to them. The places might not be the famous ones, but they can be the source of pride, and of stories, which is where this compilation of short works for the young comes in, with the authors invited to select their chosen place and write about it.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Cleeves_Murder|title=The Starlings and Other Stories
|author=Ann Cleeves (editor)
|rating=4
|genre=CrimeAnthologies|summary=Six authors, known collectively as 'The Murder Squad', and their six accomplices were each given twelve photographs of the remote landscape of Pembrokeshire by acclaimed photographer David Wilson and asked to come up with a short story inspired by what they saw. Some of the stories will be more to your taste than others, as is only to be expected in such a varied anthology, but none are weak and if you enjoy crime short stories then this book could be a real treat.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909823740</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Milne_Love|title=Love From Pooh (Winnie the Pooh)
|author=A A Milne
|rating=5
|genre=Anthologies
|summary=For a small book, a small review – this is a quite delightful little thing, about which not a lot can be said. It is a gift book pure and simple, much in the way that Pooh Bear was a little simple at times (''Pooh… thought how wonderful it would be to have a Real Brain which could tell you things''). With it comes a simple blurb, and almost instructions that it is for giving, and there is a space for a loving dedication at the beginning, which is again only apt, as it is all about love. Love of honey, love in friendship, love of all various kinds, but just love. It can't help but make you most warm-hearted.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Walton_Scifi|title=What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading The Classics Of Science Fiction And Fantasy
|author=Jo Walton
|rating=5
|genre=Anthologies
|summary=Jo Walton has published over ten books, several of which have been award -winning. On top of that, she has a voracious appetite for books - both as a well -respected writer of original fiction, but as a well -respected reviewer too. Not only does she have time to do all that, but she also writes a regular column for Tor.com, on Science Fiction and Fantasy books, and it is these columns that a selection of which are collected here.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472111613</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Tennant_Grub|title=Did We Meet on Grub Street?
|author=Emma Tennant, Hilary Bailey and David Elliott
|rating=3.5
|genre=EntertainmentAnthologies|summary=Essentially, the three authors (all of whom have long careers in the book industry) revel in the idea of being whining old curmudgeons who miss the good old days of publishing. This unashamed nostalgia provides the focus of the book and allows the writers to recount numerous anecdotes from their days in the publishing business. Whilst the primary audience for this book may well be students of creative writing and media studies, it also serves as an interesting exploration of an aspect of modern history: how a once-burgeoning industry is now a shell of its former self, much like a lot of manufacturing. Because of this, I was disappointed that no space was given to a consideration of how the rise of the e-book and Kindle has directly damaged both the sale of books and the potential for new books to be written (fewer real books sold = fewer financial advances paid to writers = fewer books written). Also, given the clear love of books as treasured artifactsartefacts, the dismissal of the Harry Potter phenomenon seems truculent, given the impetus the series gave to reading amongst both the young and adults.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0704372983</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Penzler_Big|title=The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
|author=Otto Penzler (editor)
|rating=5
|genre=Anthologies
|summary=George R R Martin Nostalgia is undoubtedly a big part of the biggest name in modern day fantasyChristmas experience, and Gardner Dozois an American science fiction author that's provided in sack-loads by this hefty tome of considerable renownshort stories. HereSherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Brother Cadfael jostle Morse, Rumpole and Vic Warshawski for space on these tightly packed pages, while lesser-known and long since forgotten writers furnish new and unexpected pleasures for even the two collect twenty one stories by a list most well-read of well known and hugely loved authorsbook worms.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783297190</amazonuk>
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