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<!-- Pop Up Projects -->{{Frontpage|isbn=1737030942|title=Bag O'Goodies|author=Jolly Walker Bittick|rating=4|genre= Anthologies|summary=Sometimes, you deserve a treat and mine was Jolly Walker Bittick's ''Bag O'Goodies''. I first encountered his writing about a year ago, when I read his [[image:PUP_RisingCape Henry House by Jolly Walker Bittick|Cape Henry House]], a rollicking tale of what happens when five young men find a base for their partying. Right now, I didn't want a full-length novel, so I turned to this anthology of verse and short stories. Bittick's writing has matured - and so have his characters. Well...jpgmost of them!}}{{Frontpage|isbn=140638853X|title=Somebody Give This Heart a Pen|author=Sophia Thakur|leftrating=5|linkgenre=https://wwwAnthologies|summary=Sophia Thakur's debut anthology is a collection of poems that are all unique, whether in relation to their style, length or theme. The collection is split into four sections, titled 'grow', 'wait','break' and 'grow again', guiding you through a process which is one of the foundations that the anthology is built on.amazonEach section begins with a foregrounded title page containing various small pieces of writing, ranging from a quote by a Nigerian playwright, to African proverbs.coThis provides a nice introduction to the section before you are immersed in the beautifully written and eloquent poems that Thakur has clearly put her heart and soul into.uk/gp/product/1910959375?ie}}{{Frontpage|isbn=UTF8&tag1789016789|title=thebookbag-21&linkCodeYou're the Froth On My Soy Cappuccino: Poems for the Present|author=as2&campDon Behrend|rating=1634&creative4|genre=6738&creativeASINAnthologies|summary=1910959375]]''You're the Froth On My Soy Cappuccino'' begins with ''A Modern Love Story'':

[[image:4star.jpgHa! How can you not laugh at this gently mocking take on love in the hipster world? }}{{Frontpage|isbn=PUP_Rising|linktitle=CategoryRising Stars:{{{New Young Voices in Poetry|author=Pop Up Projects|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies=4|genre=Anthologies]] |summary=This collection brings together five emerging voices in poetry. And despite what the publisher says, I wouldn't personally impose an age restriction on the writing here. Each poet uses words that will appeal to many readers. I found this particularly so with Jay Hulme's poetry. [[Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry by Pop Up Projects|Full Review]]<br> <br> <br>}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Stevenson_Garden<!-- |title=A Child's Garden of Verses|author=Robert Louis Stevenson -->[[image:Stevenson_Garden.jpg|leftrating=2|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910959103?ieAnthologies|summary=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1910959103]] ===[[A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Robert Louis Stevenson]]=== [[image:2star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Childrenwas a very versatile writer; he delved deep into the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; he delved deep into but he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' but he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the persecuted. He also persecuted. He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again, he did not restrict himself to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry. [[A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson|Full Review]]<br>}}{{Frontpage <!-- |isbn=Esiri -->Poem[[image:Esiri Poem.jpg|left|link|title=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1509860541?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1509860541]] ===[[A Poem for Every Day of the Year by |author=Allie Esiri]]|rating===4[[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] For those summary=For those who do not read much poetry, for those who do not know where to start, this is a fun and easy commitment to take on. Reading a poem a day does not take long, mere minutes, and with over three-hundred poems in here there's bound to be a poem that speaks to each reader directly. [[A Poem for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=Herbertson_Wordsworth<br> <br> <br>|title=William and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany|author=Gavin Herbertson|rating=5<!-- Herbertson -->[[image:Herbertson_Wordsworth.jpg|left|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1903385598?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1903385598]]Anthologies ==|summary=[[William and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany by Gavin Herbertson]]=== [[image:5starwas a defining member of the romantic literary era.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[He was part of the first wave, and his poetry helped to shape a large part of it. Nature was the key:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]]existing in nature, finding one's own true nature and becoming natural in the process were the driving forces behind it.}}William Wordsworth was a defining member of the romantic literary era. He was part of the first wave, {{Frontpage|isbn=Mahfouz_Muslim|title=The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write|author=Sabrina Mahfouz|rating=5|genre=Anthologies|summary=What does it mean to be British and his poetry helped to shape Muslim? This is a question these writers tackle with stunning clarity. Modern-day British society has a large part varied sense of cultural heritage; it. Nature was is a society that is changing and moving forward as it adds more and more voices to the key: existing in naturepopulation, finding but it is also one's own true nature that has an undercurrent of anxiety and becoming natural fear towards those who are minorities. So this collection displays how all that fear is received; it comes in the process were the driving forces behind itform of stereotypical labels and racial prejudice, which are themes eloquently reproduced here. [[William and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany by Gavin Herbertson|Full Review]]<br> <br> <br>}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Holland Cheap<!-- Mahfouz -->[[image:Mahfouz_Muslim.jpg|lefttitle=View from the Cheap Seats|linkauthor=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0863561462?ieBarry Holland|rating=UTF8&tag4|genre=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0863561462]]Anthologies|summary===[[The Things I Would Tell YouA little bit about Barry Holland: British Muslim Women Write by Sabrina Mahfouz]]=== [[image:5starhe was born in Newport, South Wales, to working-class parents.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]] What does it mean to He loves rugby and his son - his son is his favourite rugby player, which is just as it should be British and Muslim? This . He is a question these writers tackle with stunning clarityqualified engineer but is unable to work because of mental ill-health. Modern day British society has a varied sense All of cultural heritage; it is these things feed into ''View from the Cheap Seats'', which is a society that is changing collection of poems and moving forward imaginings as it adds more vivid and immediate and more voices to the population, but it is also one that has an undercurrent of anxiety striking as you could hope for. Barry sounds like a thoroughly nice bloke and fear towards those who are minorities. So this collection displays how all that fear is received; it comes in the form of stereotypical labels his book was a pleasure to read.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Marshall EFT|title=The Book of English Folk Tales|author=Sybil Marshall and racial prejudice, which are themes eloquently reproduced here. [[The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write by Sabrina MahfouzJohn Lawrence|Full Review]]rating=4<br>|genre=Anthologies <!-- Holland -->[[image:Holland Cheap.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co|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.uk/gp/product/1524633127?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1524633127]] ===[[View from 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 Cheap Seats by Barry Holland]]attention of a new generation of lovers of folklore.}}{{Frontpage|isbn===Trotman_Winter[[image:4star.jpg|linktitle=CategoryWinter:{{{A Book for the Season|author=Felicity Trotman (editor)|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies=4|genre=Anthologies]] A little bit about Barry Holland: he was born in Newport|summary=This seasonal anthology contains a nice mixture of poetry, South Walesnature and travel pieces, to working class parentsand excerpts from longer works of fiction. He loves rugby Felicity Trotman, a freelance editor and his son - his son is his favourite rugby playermember of the English Civil War Society, has arranged the material into three sections: 'The Old Year', 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 'Christmas, Sacred and Secular', and 'View from the Cheap SeatsThe New Year'', which is a collection . This creates an appropriate sense of poems chronological progression and imaginings as vivid also serves to make Christmas the heart of the book. Black-and immediate and striking as you could hope for. Barry sounds like a thoroughly nice bloke -white illustrations – maps, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and his book was each author gets a pleasure to readshort paragraph of biography and background.<br>}}<!-- Marshall -->{{Frontpage[[image:Marshall EFT.jpg|leftisbn=Elphinstone_Winter|linktitle=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1468313177?ieWinter Magic|author=UTF8&tagAbi Elphinstone (Editor)|rating=thebookbag-21&linkCode3.5|genre=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1468313177]]Anthologies|summary===[[The Book With everything from dragons to mysterious crimes, voice-stealing witches to time travel, and magical worlds to first performances of English Folk Tales by Sybil Marshall and John Lawrence]]=== [[image:4starworld-famous ballets, this is a collection of short stories that delights from start to finish.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]]Anthologies of short stories can sometimes fall flat, [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] From ghosts to witches, to giants with one or two good ones and fairies, ''The Book of English Folk Tales'' is then a fascinating collection bunch of stories retold by social historian and folklorist Sybil Marshall. Out of print for over three decadesmediocre fillers, but this beautiful new clothbound edition is complete with wood engraved illustrations by John Lawrence collection has no weak links...all the stories are good, and is sure to capture the attention most of a new generation of lovers of folklorethem are brilliant. [[The Book of English Folk Tales by Sybil Marshall I felt entirely caught up in each individual world as I read, loving the varied and John Lawrence|Full Review]]extremely likeable heroines throughout.<br> <br> <br>}}{{Frontpage<!-- Trotman -->|isbn=Phinn_Virgin[[image:Trotman_Winter.jpg|lefttitle=The Virgin Mary's Got Nits|linkauthor=https://www.amazonGervase Phinn|rating=4.co.uk/gp/product/1445664747?ie5|genre=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1445664747]]Anthologies|summary===[[Winter: A Book for Christmas in our house is the Season by Felicity Trotman (editor)]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]]time we tend to get on a plane and head to either sun or snow, anywhere that is far, [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] This seasonal anthology contains a nice mixture of poetryfar away from the madness at home, nature and travel pieces, and excerpts from longer works of fiction. Felicity Trotmanlast-minute dashes to the shops on Christmas Eve and food cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, nor a freelance editor and member mere 36 hours. But I do remember the feeling of the English Civil War SocietyChristmas when I was younger, back when it was magical, has arranged the material into three sections: 'The Old Year', 'Christmas, Sacred and Secular', back when you knew exactly what the season would bring with carol concerts and school nativities and 'The New Year'Christmas parties. This creates book is an appropriate sense anthology of chronological progressionthose moments, and also serves it took me right back to make Christmas the heart wonder of the bookChristmas as a child. Black-and-white illustrations – maps, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and each author gets a short paragraph of biography and background.<br>}}{{Frontpage<!-- Elphinstone -->|isbn=Ayrton_Pasaran[[image:Elphinstone_Winter.jpg|left|linktitle=httpsNo Pasaran://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471159809?ieWritings from the Spanish Civil War|author=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471159809]] ===[[Winter Magic by Abi Elphinstone Pete Ayrton (Editoreditor)]]=|rating=4|genre=Anthologies [[image:5star.jpg|link|summary=CategoryIn ''¡No Pasarán!:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]]Writings from the Spanish Civil War'', Pete Ayrton has chosen a majority of texts by Spanish writers, [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]]arguing that the conflict has long been written about from the point of view of the international brigades.}}{{FrontpageWith everything from dragons to mysterious crimes, voice-stealing witches to time travel, and magical worlds to first performances of world-famous ballets, this is a collection of short stories that delights from start to finish|isbn=Edwards_Manor|title=Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics)|author=Martin Edwards (editor)|rating=4. 5|genre=Anthologies of |summary=I'm not big on short stories can sometimes fall flat, with one or but two good ones and then a bunch of mediocre fillers, but factors nudged me towards this collection has no weak links...all the stories are goodbook. Firstly, it's broadly golden age crime, one of my weaknesses and most of them are brilliant. I felt entirely caught up in each individual world as I read, loving secondly, the varied and extremely likeable heroines throughout. editor is [[Winter Magic by Abi Elphinstone (Editor):Category:Martin Edwards|Full ReviewMartin Edwards]]<br> <!-- Phinn -->[[image:Phinn_Virgin.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1444779400?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1444779400]] ===[[The Virgin Mary, a man whose knowledge of golden age crime is probably unsurpassed and he's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]]done us proud, not only with his selection but with the half-page biographies of the writers, [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] Christmas in our house is which precede each story. There's just enough there to allow you to place the time we tend to get on a plane author and head to either sun or snow, anywhere that is fardirect you to other works if you're tempted. It's an elegant selection, far away from the madness at home, last minute dashes to well known and the shops on Christmas Eveless well known, all set in and food cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for around the country house.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Colfer_Place|title=Once Upon 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. [[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Ayrton -->[[image:Ayrton_Pasaran.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/184668997X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=184668997X]] ===[[No Pasaran: Writings from the Spanish Civil War by Pete Ayrton (editor)]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] 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. [[No Pasaran: Writings from the Spanish Civil War by Pete Ayrton (editor)|Full Review]]<br> <br> <br> <!-- Edwards -->[[image:Edwards_Manor.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0712309934?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0712309934]] ===[[Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics) by Martin Edwards (editor)]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime (Historical)|Crime (Historical)]], [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] 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. [[Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics) by Martin Edwards (editor)|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Colfer -->[[image:Colfer_Place.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/191041137X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=191041137X]] ===[[Once Upon a Place by Eoin Colfer (editor)]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] 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. [[Once Upon a Place by Eoin Colfer (editor)|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Cleeves -->[[image:Cleeves_Murder.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1909823740?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1909823740]] ===[[The Starlings and Other Stories by Ann Cleeves (editor)]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] Six authors, known collectively as 'Murder Squad', and their six accomplices were each given 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. [[The Starlings and Other Stories by Ann Cleeves (editor)|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Milne -->[[image:Milne_Love.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1405276150?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1405276150]] ===[[Love From Pooh (Winnie the Pooh) by A A Milne]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] 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. [[Love From Pooh (Winnie the Pooh) by A A Milne|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Walton -->[[image:Walton_Scifi.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1472111613?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1472111613]] ===[[What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading The Classics Of Science Fiction And Fantasy by Jo Walton]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]], [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]], [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] 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. [[What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading The Classics Of Science Fiction And Fantasy by Jo Walton|Full Review]]<br> {{newreviewPlace|author=Emma Tennant, Hilary Bailey and David Elliott|title=Did We Meet on Grub Street?Eoin Colfer (editor)

|genre=EntertainmentAnthologies|summary=Essentially, You know the three authors (all bit of whom have long careers in the blurb on every ''Artemis Fowl'' book industry) revel in , where Eoin Colfer had it said about how you pronounce his name? That wasn't the idea intention of being whining old curmudgeons who miss the good old days of publishing. This unashamed nostalgia provides the focus of the book an up-and allows the writers -coming author to recount numerous anecdotes from their days be recognisable; rather, it was pride. Pride in the publishing business. Whilst difference of it, of the primary audience for this book may well be students Irishness of creative writing and media studiesit. Ireland, it also serves as an interesting exploration of an aspect of modern history: how a once-burgeoning industry seems to me, is now a shell more full than usual of its former selfpeople, much like a lot of manufacturing. Because of thisthings and ideas, I was disappointed and places that no space was given to a consideration are different by dint of how the rise of the e-book their singular nationality – and Kindle has directly damaged both the sale of books and the potential for new books so many deserve to be written (fewer real books sold = fewer financial advances paid have pride attached to writers = fewer books written)them. Also The places might not be the famous ones, given but they can be the clear love source of pride, and of books as treasured artifactsstories, the dismissal which is where this compilation of short works for the Harry Potter phenomenon seems truculentyoung comes in, given with the impetus the series gave authors invited to reading amongst both the young select their chosen place and adultswrite about it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0704372983</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Cleeves_Murder|title=The Starlings and Other Stories|author=Otto Penzler Ann Cleeves (editor)|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary=Six authors, known collectively as 'Murder Squad', and their six accomplices were each given 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.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Milne_Love|title=The Big Book of Christmas MysteriesLove From Pooh (Winnie the Pooh)|author=A A Milne

|genre=CrimeAnthologies|summary=Nostalgia For a small book, a small review – this is a big part of the Christmas experiencequite delightful little thing, about which not a lot can be said. It is a gift book pure and simple, much in the way thatPooh Bear was a little simple at times (''s provided in sack-loads by this hefty tome of short storiesPooh… thought how wonderful it would be to have a Real Brain which could tell you things''). Sherlock Holmes With it comes a simple blurb, Hercule Poirot and Brother Cadfael jostle Morsealmost instructions that it is for giving, Rumpole and Vic Warshawski for there is a space on these tightly packed pages, while lesser known and long since forgotten writers furnish new and unexpected pleasures for even 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 wellwarm-read of book wormshearted.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784082252</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Walton_Scifi|title=Burnt TonguesWhat Makes This Book So Great: An Anthology of Transgressive Short StoriesRe-Reading The Classics Of Science Fiction And Fantasy|author=Chuck Palahniuk, Dennis Widmyer and Richard ThomasJo Walton|rating=45|genre=Short StoriesAnthologies|summary=Saying certain things out loud just don’t sound right. Some things are so disturbing or politically incorrect that you are best off leaving them inside your headJo Walton has published over ten books, or better yet not thinking several of them at allwhich have been award-winning. When these words are spoken they could lead to the sensation On top of Burnt Tongue; an aftereffect that, she has a voracious appetite for books - both as a well-respected writer of knowing what you said was wrongoriginal fiction, but as a well-respected reviewer too. Are you prepared Not only does she have time to enter the world of Transgressive Fiction do all that aims to disturb, alienatebut she also writes a regular column for Tor.com, on Science Fiction and Fantasy books, disgust and question?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178329552X</amazonuk>it is these columns that a selection of which are collected here.

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Tennant_Grub|title=RoguesDid We Meet on Grub Street?|author=George R R Martin Emma Tennant, Hilary Bailey and Gardner Dozois (Editors)David Elliott

|summary=George R R Martin is undoubtedly 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 biggest name 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 day fantasyhistory: 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 Gardner Dozois an American science fiction author Kindle has directly damaged both the sale of considerable renownbooks and the potential for new books to be written (fewer real books sold = fewer financial advances paid to writers = fewer books written). HereAlso, given the clear love of books as treasured artefacts, the two collect twenty one stories by a list dismissal of well known the Harry Potter phenomenon seems truculent, given the impetus the series gave to reading amongst both the young and hugely loved authorsadults.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Penzler_Big|title=The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries|author=Otto Penzler (editor)|rating=5|genre=Anthologies|amazonuksummary=<amazonuk>1783297190</amazonuk>Nostalgia is a big part of the Christmas experience, and that's provided in sack-loads by this hefty tome of short stories. Sherlock 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 most well-read of book worms.