tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44709429481945203852024-03-16T18:50:40.003+00:00PHILIP WOMACKNovelist and Reviewer:
Author: The Other Book, The Liberators. The Darkening Path Trilogy: The Broken King, vol. 1;
The King's Shadow, vol. 2, and The King's Revenge, vol. 3.
The Double Axe, a retelling of the Minotaur story, and The Arrow of Apollo. How To Teach Classics to Your Dog published October 2020. Wildlord, publishing October 2021.PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.comBlogger808125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-40375958246127392772024-02-20T13:06:00.000+00:002024-02-20T13:06:02.916+00:00Celebrities and Children's books<p> It's a perennial subject: here I am on the rise of Celebrities who write children's books, for Spectator World. <a href="https://thespectator.com/book-and-art/frustrating-rise-celebrities-writing-childrens-books/">Read it here.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfce3wiowDJ5Dc1-uxnQU9GhJHCss39ZFQiPh5f-tYdGBt6A8xCj22KMyMDzAEpZHaC7cmF_ssPfxMAkyozZx9mzFJ5ox58Z8qoo122ieIq4rP2EC6lanEROLLkgvzT_xNWaoU4u7ACj_ejsQ4wncOXYCf9dobBo524seJ4DpvQNuggvOKKV0VrbbvU3Q/s1408/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2013.05.37.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1408" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfce3wiowDJ5Dc1-uxnQU9GhJHCss39ZFQiPh5f-tYdGBt6A8xCj22KMyMDzAEpZHaC7cmF_ssPfxMAkyozZx9mzFJ5ox58Z8qoo122ieIq4rP2EC6lanEROLLkgvzT_xNWaoU4u7ACj_ejsQ4wncOXYCf9dobBo524seJ4DpvQNuggvOKKV0VrbbvU3Q/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2013.05.37.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-13255543713884205302024-02-02T11:16:00.002+00:002024-02-02T11:16:43.140+00:00The Book of Love by Kelly Link: review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ImxHtMp3OQhk6Z5k2G_zZzBDwygrWtN9mfGPtskd4tWv98MdXBNY17yrOtVPK3lp8eHnCRknkvt1Se1urupldd5kZbvX86JgfSbWPxpwsM97gp1qZRk9OaacA2HA7erGudGBWZk89I9qE8X9PeZfYZDjFzqJkoXh4B6Xe0T9I4i7K-rO4-e6LB1cR9o/s898/Screenshot%202024-02-02%20at%2011.16.17.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ImxHtMp3OQhk6Z5k2G_zZzBDwygrWtN9mfGPtskd4tWv98MdXBNY17yrOtVPK3lp8eHnCRknkvt1Se1urupldd5kZbvX86JgfSbWPxpwsM97gp1qZRk9OaacA2HA7erGudGBWZk89I9qE8X9PeZfYZDjFzqJkoXh4B6Xe0T9I4i7K-rO4-e6LB1cR9o/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-02%20at%2011.16.17.png" width="207" /></a></div><br />I've reviewed Kelly Link's debut novel, <i>THE BOOK OF LOVE</i>, for <i>The Spectator</i>. <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/back-from-the-beyond-the-book-of-love-by-kelly-link-reviewed/">Read it here.</a> <br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-23357358769325403712024-01-25T13:00:00.000+00:002024-01-25T13:00:00.223+00:00Dreamer of Dune: review<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y_0S6rkiQ-uQeA26c0yUYN64uLygms-Cna-fVCb0fMUWUZIXrkfMYZ8xYl6nG_Eqm0HLx0iCSZ7drEIu9y_G4-YlEIcLB_EJuSIs3z2a0AJEyOboP9buV8A_Xq1aW4jwpCGEASfNRzAIaYPeGcJ6FOewikIqY9awLoZ-OX_MGBBPYvHltFP8cqT62OE/s1072/Screenshot%202024-01-25%20at%2012.59.08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y_0S6rkiQ-uQeA26c0yUYN64uLygms-Cna-fVCb0fMUWUZIXrkfMYZ8xYl6nG_Eqm0HLx0iCSZ7drEIu9y_G4-YlEIcLB_EJuSIs3z2a0AJEyOboP9buV8A_Xq1aW4jwpCGEASfNRzAIaYPeGcJ6FOewikIqY9awLoZ-OX_MGBBPYvHltFP8cqT62OE/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-25%20at%2012.59.08.png" width="224" /></a></div><br /> I've reviewed a biography of Frank Herbert for the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>. <a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/dreamer-of-dune-brian-herbert-book-review-philip-womack/">Read it here.</a><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-43359670989952249042024-01-16T10:01:00.002+00:002024-01-16T10:01:33.355+00:00Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones: review<p> We begin the New Year with a review of Dan Jones' appropriately wintry title, WOLVES OF WINTER, for The Spectator World. <a href="https://thespectator.com/book-and-art/dan-jones-wolves-winter-focuses-brutality-past/">Herewith a link.</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hNKr37mbPJu-M_NNY2Xr3N_g_Hj-yBa1Dfc9wFeh1LVRd8ZI67VVaC8OpX50zAR1QWksS9DachwQUsqFwD2xEQvVsEz-OcvtGIOLUpX1CEauCeKp4fZ5y-4GheXT3HTImGD78uK_LrqEZv7hTVo4ZTzXUZt3XQyWPjzzN5DEwokdXOBsghxcm9R0r5E/s748/Screenshot%202023-12-14%20at%2017.07.13.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="484" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hNKr37mbPJu-M_NNY2Xr3N_g_Hj-yBa1Dfc9wFeh1LVRd8ZI67VVaC8OpX50zAR1QWksS9DachwQUsqFwD2xEQvVsEz-OcvtGIOLUpX1CEauCeKp4fZ5y-4GheXT3HTImGD78uK_LrqEZv7hTVo4ZTzXUZt3XQyWPjzzN5DEwokdXOBsghxcm9R0r5E/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-14%20at%2017.07.13.png" width="207" /></a></div> It's been a wonderful year for reviews of <i>Ghostlord</i>, and I'm delighted to be able to round up some of them here.<p></p><p>Nicholas Tucker, the eminent children's book expert, chose<a href="https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/books-of-the-year-2023-2/"> <i>Ghostlord </i>as his Book of the Year for Books for Keeps. </a></p><p>Emily Bearn, the <i>Telegraph </i>children's books reviewer, featured it in her <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childrens-books/best-childrens-books-buy-2023-christmas/">Books of the Year Round Up</a> for the same paper.</p><p>Nat Segnit wrote a lovely piece on children's books in the <a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/best-childrens-books-2023-the-tls-nat-segnit/"><i>Times Literary Supplement</i>, featuring <i>Ghostlord</i>. </a></p>I hope those who come across the book will also come to its predecessor, <i>Wildlord</i>. <br /><p><br /></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-64707023566808451792023-12-14T17:02:00.006+00:002023-12-14T17:02:48.916+00:00Literary Review Christmas Children's Books Round up 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA84J3TlLXJnniE1cQJZs94ASINddWHA-9zfxY9EwTFb9MsI9PZzShgj6maGi1F7D76m_Ax_BlSoa3ebyTfjJqfL5-N5VslxBlBXeubl9tHOyWPzCLkPA06p5x2KV33vXBU1gxfM70F3veXPmqw0aprJjmuZwC04wKMpZoJ5HoNT-BuQuB8-fGTdbetMI/s750/Screenshot%202023-12-14%20at%2017.01.57.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="750" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA84J3TlLXJnniE1cQJZs94ASINddWHA-9zfxY9EwTFb9MsI9PZzShgj6maGi1F7D76m_Ax_BlSoa3ebyTfjJqfL5-N5VslxBlBXeubl9tHOyWPzCLkPA06p5x2KV33vXBU1gxfM70F3veXPmqw0aprJjmuZwC04wKMpZoJ5HoNT-BuQuB8-fGTdbetMI/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-14%20at%2017.01.57.png" width="320" /></a></div> Here is my annual round up of children's books for <a href="https://literaryreview.co.uk/debutantes-dragons-john-donne"><i>Literary Review</i></a>. It features books by Sally Nicholls, Luke Palmer, Lauren St John, Katherine Rundell, Nicholas Bowling, and Helen Cooper, as well as the Folio Society editions of Enid Blyton and Diana Wynne Jones.<br /><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-58064010974961824322023-12-14T16:59:00.001+00:002023-12-14T16:59:38.036+00:00The Iliad by Emily Wilson and Homer and his World by Robin Lane Fox: review<p>I've reviewed two books on Homer: Emily Wilson's new translation of <i>The Iliad</i>, and Robin Lane Fox's book about Homer, for <i>Spectator World</i>. <a href="https://thespectator.com/book-and-art/two-books-offer-new-insight-the-iliad/">Read it here.</a></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvOg0Egt8jVQn70k_PyfySENpGH2xZVWup7pwaWuwH9JF5yfowcyBnF2PXkDrhVJlzCHdZC5NGlQ_yy_Hs1XxkTD6ua5RJls_WHSOaOQQIwjnknvPGt1_i5H0wA1Zetq3TR9n-fiBqt_uBV2xLBvYlvStO2HdkJE9i4Whof69916YBfctPI9CglW_N-Y/s1032/Screenshot%202023-12-14%20at%2016.59.13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="682" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvOg0Egt8jVQn70k_PyfySENpGH2xZVWup7pwaWuwH9JF5yfowcyBnF2PXkDrhVJlzCHdZC5NGlQ_yy_Hs1XxkTD6ua5RJls_WHSOaOQQIwjnknvPGt1_i5H0wA1Zetq3TR9n-fiBqt_uBV2xLBvYlvStO2HdkJE9i4Whof69916YBfctPI9CglW_N-Y/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-14%20at%2016.59.13.png" width="211" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p> <br /></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-12640142414357754252023-12-14T11:21:00.005+00:002023-12-14T11:21:28.652+00:00Bookmarks<p> </p><div>My grandmother bristled with bookmarks. When she died, just short
of her 100th birthday, her bedside table still crowded with books in
various states of perusal, I discovered both that she’d left her library
to me, and that her passion for slipping bits of paper into books was
hereditary. </div><br />As a boy, I would spend hours looking at the
books in her house, enjoying the gold and morocco bindings, the cloth
coverings, the accumulated scents and feelings of more than a century’s
reading. She was always generous. When I was around 12, she lent me her
childhood copy of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales. It was bound in
brown paper, as the dust jacket had been torn. At school, curious
masters would peep over my shoulder as I read, in case, as my Maths
teacher said, I was looking at naked ladies wrestling in mud.<br /><br />It’s
not as if I am lacking in books. I am sent dozens of new volumes a
week, all bearing the eager promise of the newly produced. I would like
to say that I look at and read them all; you might also see a pig flying
over the rooftops of Kentish Town. I have already (almost) merged my
library with my wife’s considerable collection. I spent many happy hours
identifying the duplicates (<i>Catcher in the Rye</i>, <i>A Room with a View</i>,
<i>War and Peace</i>, etc); these were initialled (in pencil), and sequestered
in the country for weekend re-readings, as I can’t bear to be too far
from a volume of Saki for too long. Triplicates went into the cupboard
in the downstairs loo, or above my bed, for similar reasons. Have I
given away or discarded any? Not bloody likely.<br /><br />I already have my
father’s childhood books; in his copy of Richmal Crompton’s <i>Just
William</i>, his name was written in neat italics; I scrawled mine
underneath. My son has already done the same. I recently unearthed my
father’s Third Form Latin Vocabulary book, neatly printed initially, the
handwriting getting steadily worse as term progressed. It’s on my desk,
a reminder that education hasn’t change much since the 1960s.<br /><br />And
now here are yet more books, returning with me in boxes each time I
visit my parents. Each volume cries out for attention: the lovely
bindings of Pope’s<i> Iliad </i>(adding to the already ridiculous number of
copies of that book on my shelves), for example. These are confettied
with bookmarks: I have enjoyed trying to work out at what particular
line my forebears stopped and gasped at the elegance or beauty of a
line, enough to mark it for ever. I found a tiny, leatherbound copy of
<i>Much Ado About Nothing</i>, inscribed with my grandfather John Womack’s
name. The date was 1925. I had to look again, as this wasn’t far off his
5th birthday. I like to think of him carrying it around (it’s slightly
foxed), much as I, in my twenties, used to keep a miniature copy of <i>King
Lear</i>, in case I got stuck on a train. I already have four Complete
Tennysons; now I have another. In a copy of his <i>Poems</i>, from 1893, I
found a note: “Mr and Mrs Howard would be glad of Miss Muir’s acceptance
of the accompanying volume … as a slight token of regard, and thanks
for the kindness shewn to their daughter.” (That “shewn” almost floored
me.) This Miss Muir was my great-great-grandmother; her kindness, the
Howards, and their daughter long-forgotten. There are more bookmarks in
this Tennyson, clearly added in at different times, maybe even over the
decades. Why a particular part of ‘The Princess’ is marked I will
never know, but it’s fun to guess. <br /><br />Musty tomes of Dickens,
covers all but falling off, bear the name of Henry Martyn, John Womack’s
grandfather (hailing from a godly Cornish family, one of whose members
was captured by Barbary pirates, and then escaped the Sultan’s harem
concealed in a barrel of rum). Martyn, a gentleman, played the organ at
a church, not far from where I now live in North London, where my
Womack great-grandparents got married. I like to think that their books
have winged their way home. <br /><br />I’ve put a piece of paper into the
Tennyson, with a note about Miss Muir. Perhaps my
great-great-grandchildren will find it, and wonder too about those
lives, only a few handshakes away, and yet so impossibly distant, bound
together as the leaves of a book, each generation adding its own page.
As for my ever-expanding collection: I hope that they won’t reach the
charity shops and the second hand shelves. May they be found, still
bearing their bookmarks, in guest rooms and lavatory cabinets for ever.<span style="color: #888888;"><br /><div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbKMmkkspnIa8i00_IVCoAK6bs14UvdbZP6krudhkRQlcOl8U-rwZOnq2tNs_Q6_eXNCxPjCOlXA7EgsPPEOEKvjZZJUxN98Oq4AGBea0pMgDYs8sYJYMCQJPuTz31W_s8VS6CHetUn6I2VOQjprynslGJ86M-eLmQkL_pBHo-89-yH4hISZvHZxdT3U/s1246/Screenshot%202023-12-14%20at%2011.20.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1042" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbKMmkkspnIa8i00_IVCoAK6bs14UvdbZP6krudhkRQlcOl8U-rwZOnq2tNs_Q6_eXNCxPjCOlXA7EgsPPEOEKvjZZJUxN98Oq4AGBea0pMgDYs8sYJYMCQJPuTz31W_s8VS6CHetUn6I2VOQjprynslGJ86M-eLmQkL_pBHo-89-yH4hISZvHZxdT3U/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-14%20at%2011.20.10.png" width="268" /></a></div><br /></span>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-72274296635633427102023-09-26T13:47:00.001+01:002023-09-26T13:47:24.089+01:00A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll: review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFXX60kqn7nEubKmdIlRV10wDAKvbkh9hhJRq66YvftunrstzGRInCnvIVgaWz9dnGsKTJfIhFUa2bpghCSFE7OBIQouRyQsz40mOGSsLIV4QT1fxJ0xW5pQfk1tv0qr5_OCC1Gzjwt6gaPepxYBmgLRhqXl9qBSCQMOlafRLlyWHuhSuv6QTAD6Cz6g/s804/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%2013.46.57.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="584" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFXX60kqn7nEubKmdIlRV10wDAKvbkh9hhJRq66YvftunrstzGRInCnvIVgaWz9dnGsKTJfIhFUa2bpghCSFE7OBIQouRyQsz40mOGSsLIV4QT1fxJ0xW5pQfk1tv0qr5_OCC1Gzjwt6gaPepxYBmgLRhqXl9qBSCQMOlafRLlyWHuhSuv6QTAD6Cz6g/s320/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%2013.46.57.png" width="232" /></a></div><br />I've reviewed Emily Carroll's new graphic novel, A GUEST IN THE HOUSE, for the <i>Spectator </i>World edition. <a href="https://thespectator.com/book-and-art/emily-carroll-graphic-novel-plays-on-deepest-fears/">Read it here.</a><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-84985077841134566272023-09-07T12:41:00.002+01:002023-09-07T12:41:34.483+01:00Prophet by Helen MacDonald and Sin Blaché<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNI8hmmIKcOk4KgHTJydxM-bzkFZgwNy33Uz0oWa7x1mZcW1LDgUaCaI1RnWOiqORPqlX1cMABkRNjoV_pzOYip_HaNX-YxEmgyHjz_9XdlonBpDlep3S86G5IgmLnjeRDEEiezOe3YMrjZiBdXLauM-ZX388WkWIS3ioWWfasdgq6QCmHVnaP1P6Plnw/s742/Screenshot%202023-09-07%20at%2012.40.50.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="506" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNI8hmmIKcOk4KgHTJydxM-bzkFZgwNy33Uz0oWa7x1mZcW1LDgUaCaI1RnWOiqORPqlX1cMABkRNjoV_pzOYip_HaNX-YxEmgyHjz_9XdlonBpDlep3S86G5IgmLnjeRDEEiezOe3YMrjZiBdXLauM-ZX388WkWIS3ioWWfasdgq6QCmHVnaP1P6Plnw/s320/Screenshot%202023-09-07%20at%2012.40.50.png" width="218" /></a></div><br />I've reviewed PROPHET by Helen MacDonald and Sin Blaché, a science-fiction collaboration, for <i>The Times Literary Supplement</i>. <a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/prophet-helen-macdonald-sin-blache-book-review-philip-womack/">Read it here.</a><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-60229317082004552322023-08-31T06:41:00.004+01:002023-08-31T06:41:49.201+01:00The Fraud by Zadie Smith: review<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD48ZAuIPorgfNBlyztUiwxS0sRKCiqdXN-aV2hnMiJ3gaQCvctPSWdbEs_dy7UA9CAEbhVPQwtxPsCSVJBnOxMUL8M78OSWAAUBkcICddzO7ndco1s3i2KfECRNfB77YZlrUJp6XR0j90ZjaGCDc3wlABVoS8o3XPMX_pHYjbwXTnkCEDApw7Y0-C-4I/s710/Screenshot%202023-07-20%20at%2012.59.25.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="584" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD48ZAuIPorgfNBlyztUiwxS0sRKCiqdXN-aV2hnMiJ3gaQCvctPSWdbEs_dy7UA9CAEbhVPQwtxPsCSVJBnOxMUL8M78OSWAAUBkcICddzO7ndco1s3i2KfECRNfB77YZlrUJp6XR0j90ZjaGCDc3wlABVoS8o3XPMX_pHYjbwXTnkCEDApw7Y0-C-4I/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-20%20at%2012.59.25.png" width="263" /></a></div><br />I've reviewed Sally Bayley's enchanting new book, <i>The Green Lady</i>, for <i>The Spectator</i>. <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/nostalgia-for-old-rundown-coastal-sussex/">Read it here.</a><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-34398534129924614002023-07-17T10:45:00.003+01:002023-07-17T10:45:48.064+01:00The Romantic by William Boyd: review<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uSK_f-x-LIE3OLCPspM1d4lbNZo69QbN094DbYmv3a74GIChxZ5tPDPBg7OT8w3jVoM5TqtaxZCq46zuK9fVkk4eEEEC6-P1fOpzghbtIFQxJixePHA-yiFh-T45s8jqwPLLxex6ESg16aLMFtQRoiG3iLRx61xZX34_A1UPQvRv9R1OuUAXlxzB7U4/s1272/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%2011.45.11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1272" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uSK_f-x-LIE3OLCPspM1d4lbNZo69QbN094DbYmv3a74GIChxZ5tPDPBg7OT8w3jVoM5TqtaxZCq46zuK9fVkk4eEEEC6-P1fOpzghbtIFQxJixePHA-yiFh-T45s8jqwPLLxex6ESg16aLMFtQRoiG3iLRx61xZX34_A1UPQvRv9R1OuUAXlxzB7U4/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%2011.45.11.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> William Boyd's latest novel, <i>The Romantic</i>, is great fun. I've reviewed it for <i><a href="https://thespectator.com/book-and-art/william-boyd-latest-novel-immense-fun-the-romantic/">Spectator World</a></i>. <br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-67131525375801366602023-06-27T11:02:00.000+01:002023-06-27T11:02:02.403+01:00Q & A with Books Ireland<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDd7YybzGkWPZh4WBX61wPbtRyQTvOJMl-Ub8Lpthk-J76V4LbAz9tXFtruJI_Jx9gC-1xTHXfMlOZ-ya0MrYM7GE3yd6pmJOsaQoSffMXizs8Ee_6FUlPi2Gwa8lX-9rfINsXadZ1IZGt1JCDbqee4k_Ux05GlaGNVHBhN5tLsUmNII3d2uPt_J1HKs/s1272/Screenshot%202023-06-27%20at%2011.01.37.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1272" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDd7YybzGkWPZh4WBX61wPbtRyQTvOJMl-Ub8Lpthk-J76V4LbAz9tXFtruJI_Jx9gC-1xTHXfMlOZ-ya0MrYM7GE3yd6pmJOsaQoSffMXizs8Ee_6FUlPi2Gwa8lX-9rfINsXadZ1IZGt1JCDbqee4k_Ux05GlaGNVHBhN5tLsUmNII3d2uPt_J1HKs/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-27%20at%2011.01.37.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> I enjoyed giving this Q & A to <a href="https://booksirelandmagazine.com/burning-books-q-and-a-philip-womack/">Books Ireland.</a><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-49173582073125225842023-06-19T10:40:00.001+01:002023-06-19T10:40:18.875+01:00Reading from the first chapter of GHOSTLORD<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xPTNMNyfEyu5yR6Fw9DeROcuBp4f0DtsnipJ97ivIMXOvL-JPvEIXJtnnDCGjMbdyvU0uZXq6e05xRT_bWy7m8T42QQd5kiApDDW57OoEkwwbJWfM4_YKMGZrJlfjH_wDU_dI0qVRq6L7jyKlAaxTZvYjyk1Zo9_Hj77aCx01iB99Eqgee9brKVVdyA/s1346/Screenshot%202023-06-19%20at%2010.39.31.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1346" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xPTNMNyfEyu5yR6Fw9DeROcuBp4f0DtsnipJ97ivIMXOvL-JPvEIXJtnnDCGjMbdyvU0uZXq6e05xRT_bWy7m8T42QQd5kiApDDW57OoEkwwbJWfM4_YKMGZrJlfjH_wDU_dI0qVRq6L7jyKlAaxTZvYjyk1Zo9_Hj77aCx01iB99Eqgee9brKVVdyA/w372-h229/Screenshot%202023-06-19%20at%2010.39.31.png" width="372" /></a></div><br /> Books Ireland have posted a reading from the first chapter of GHOSTLORD. <a href="https://booksirelandmagazine.com/the-first-page-ghostlord-by-philip-womack/">You can see it here.</a><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-68871335237784749452023-05-22T09:36:00.003+01:002023-05-22T09:36:35.723+01:00Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week: Ghostlord<p> I was absolutely astonished to turn over the pages of the Culture section of the weekend's<i> Sunday Times</i>, and discover that Ghostlord is Nicolette Jones' Children's Book of the Week. I'm so thrilled! <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-best-books-for-children-2023-7vc7q3c39">The review is here.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3J_65WBlXh6Uh8I8k_4Kmruo1uY9kys4tBpvRycOPw4oFnzJhoFxC77pvhAO4kTqe0-D437vkXZ2vcSz4UGczzcMs9DS_b8AInTYXds-weu_XFaOdFVujD5FeoKSmakUwUFJzneCe5b_1-CCMvlw1Af_2zDOBWNeyjXa3dwHJLcwcK7B5xNSv8Ss/s1242/Screenshot%202023-03-02%20at%2015.29.51.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3J_65WBlXh6Uh8I8k_4Kmruo1uY9kys4tBpvRycOPw4oFnzJhoFxC77pvhAO4kTqe0-D437vkXZ2vcSz4UGczzcMs9DS_b8AInTYXds-weu_XFaOdFVujD5FeoKSmakUwUFJzneCe5b_1-CCMvlw1Af_2zDOBWNeyjXa3dwHJLcwcK7B5xNSv8Ss/s320/Screenshot%202023-03-02%20at%2015.29.51.png" width="207" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-8212876495450809942023-05-04T14:55:00.001+01:002023-05-04T14:55:17.130+01:00Ghostlord reviewed in The Telegraph<p> Here is a lovely review of <i>Ghostlord</i> in <i>The Telegraph</i>, by Emily Bearn. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childrens-books/ghostlord-by-philip-womack-review/">Read it here.</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOUhU3i_MvN7cEQakAvw3dR9djWdct23A0MUhezNmsN3YDzJHuF_JXTup3zzw1VdF6Eia8TQD4WdDd9xV78KRqfByFIEMcNbEY1sZd50Ysz-kfdpUaPQjG8Ise2Et8XszuGSAPmsTB15ElTpjBxgRjXBkDr8D81A6UEVOP9XveFfxPh02YhK2XSQr/s1242/Screenshot%202023-03-02%20at%2015.29.51.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOUhU3i_MvN7cEQakAvw3dR9djWdct23A0MUhezNmsN3YDzJHuF_JXTup3zzw1VdF6Eia8TQD4WdDd9xV78KRqfByFIEMcNbEY1sZd50Ysz-kfdpUaPQjG8Ise2Et8XszuGSAPmsTB15ElTpjBxgRjXBkDr8D81A6UEVOP9XveFfxPh02YhK2XSQr/s320/Screenshot%202023-03-02%20at%2015.29.51.png" width="207" /></a></div><br />PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-29347534712230681742023-05-02T09:34:00.004+01:002023-05-02T09:34:51.436+01:00Finished copies of Ghostlord, and first review in Literary Review<p> I'm absolutely thrilled with the finished copies of <i>Ghostlord</i>, which arrived this morning, and on the same day that the first review came out in <a href="https://literaryreview.co.uk/five-hundred-years-of-solitude"><i>Literary Review</i>.</a> It looks wonderful next to <i>Wildlord</i>, and Karen Vaughn has done a beautifully mysterious job of the cover. Published by the mighty Little Island, this coming May 4th - no Stars Wars jokes please.<br /></p><p>"<i>Ghostlord</i>... <span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> has the feel of a classic
tale, one that beguiles at every turn. Womack conjures each setting,
real and otherworldly, so vividly and moves between them so seamlessly
that the reader can't help but be pulled into his fable-like narrative.
And at the centre of this story about ageless beings facing off against
an ancient evil is just a teenage girl trying to understand herself and
the power growing within her. Gripping and richly imagined, this is a
wonderful book." - Joel Arcanjo, <i>Literary Review</i>.</span></span></p><p><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></p><p><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl8yqvluz048do6cBG39fayAVtqKTBtOVaUyPTocSljXaT7fqOZs_d-L8h_z8doFUDpCFbW45uiGawyJAxtBwwSe0tablreIL5_tX9Ln0UNmQx-4WIY9QfnEs4ZceU-Vo0-xVcBKkxjeL2V2dvY1gbCdCdTzxhRNmHE8oFCGea2c4kRJxIbyrG4Id/s4032/Ghostlord.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl8yqvluz048do6cBG39fayAVtqKTBtOVaUyPTocSljXaT7fqOZs_d-L8h_z8doFUDpCFbW45uiGawyJAxtBwwSe0tablreIL5_tX9Ln0UNmQx-4WIY9QfnEs4ZceU-Vo0-xVcBKkxjeL2V2dvY1gbCdCdTzxhRNmHE8oFCGea2c4kRJxIbyrG4Id/s320/Ghostlord.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-2260182381477673852023-04-25T12:02:00.001+01:002023-04-25T12:02:28.836+01:00How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pLXfvVEq0M8_1Cey7cfl8HPK4V1EzHCIgr2_IDXyEbC111OYR2JMb7TxXPqUMbQ7dIAOZlOZOuhGeUq248sKecE0sM-nuEjDkHRSd6EOm5Dlgd9uFFk2cSavWzA9RxXIZdL1jSIMIOZIAjwzZy9UeQ0f-9Aauy2hGqfSzymLR-639SyyV1soWQCd/s602/Screenshot%202023-04-25%20at%2012.02.03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="370" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pLXfvVEq0M8_1Cey7cfl8HPK4V1EzHCIgr2_IDXyEbC111OYR2JMb7TxXPqUMbQ7dIAOZlOZOuhGeUq248sKecE0sM-nuEjDkHRSd6EOm5Dlgd9uFFk2cSavWzA9RxXIZdL1jSIMIOZIAjwzZy9UeQ0f-9Aauy2hGqfSzymLR-639SyyV1soWQCd/s320/Screenshot%202023-04-25%20at%2012.02.03.png" width="197" /></a></div><br />My review of Elaine Feeney's latest book, HOW TO BUILD A BOAT, in the <i><a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/how-to-build-a-boat-elaine-feeney-book-review-philip-womack/">Times Literary Supplement</a></i>.<br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-55505814763026533472023-04-04T13:11:00.002+01:002023-04-04T13:11:09.186+01:00Cover reveal for GHOSTLORD<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKvmNiBr8frfGvwXZFCXZsFzIpg75lN6nLX0ncbl_YOyJwuli8xKAX3t3kUfbFJy9apx-3vsM8iTp8Kp-rl87s0HBsanBnkZJwL1-ANrob0s81q--bY_nJbQL5R3L7HvtVc4TnjFDkIeQdEmqH0TJ0ZDNlKE6DzyzNBbZS3KBitKqTiZbiUjLSV8m/s1080/ghostlord_coming_soon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKvmNiBr8frfGvwXZFCXZsFzIpg75lN6nLX0ncbl_YOyJwuli8xKAX3t3kUfbFJy9apx-3vsM8iTp8Kp-rl87s0HBsanBnkZJwL1-ANrob0s81q--bY_nJbQL5R3L7HvtVc4TnjFDkIeQdEmqH0TJ0ZDNlKE6DzyzNBbZS3KBitKqTiZbiUjLSV8m/s320/ghostlord_coming_soon.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> The lovely cover of <i>Ghostlord</i> is by Karen Vaughn (who also did <i>Wildlord</i>). <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/ghostlord/philip-womack/9781915071262">You can order the book here.</a><p></p><p><br /></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-86735055253636272112023-03-31T13:31:00.002+01:002023-03-31T13:31:11.072+01:00Review of Kelly Link's White Cat, Black Dog<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChf4ET-Ay2LzyKUyRbuuLK4aUFDZ6BkejTsymrbE5L_8_sDTMhFpMY7AQMlAZ4gOAasciHGQtHupFCYue5aadQExA2IeD1SmnFS88i1xLgmvmQ3FsLnYsoFcvhh8b2Gwa34GWYHE0SaU7cX_vVKph4AFWjDAUjxuGfRP0a3oDZn1wzJRI-bvy9hEp/s1000/Screenshot%202023-03-31%20at%2013.30.35.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChf4ET-Ay2LzyKUyRbuuLK4aUFDZ6BkejTsymrbE5L_8_sDTMhFpMY7AQMlAZ4gOAasciHGQtHupFCYue5aadQExA2IeD1SmnFS88i1xLgmvmQ3FsLnYsoFcvhh8b2Gwa34GWYHE0SaU7cX_vVKph4AFWjDAUjxuGfRP0a3oDZn1wzJRI-bvy9hEp/s320/Screenshot%202023-03-31%20at%2013.30.35.png" width="208" /></a></div><br />I've reviewed Kelly Link's new collection of short stories for <i>The Spectator</i>. <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/no-happy-ever-afters-white-cat-black-dog-by-kelly-link-reviewed/">Read it here.</a><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-59483731758634860762023-03-29T18:35:00.002+01:002023-03-29T18:35:27.323+01:00Interview with Suzi Feay's Book Bag<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XKwQsVCJgrcp3opxq1-LAavw4c0EfAUPrPXgQZ6WO-Gnd2CsXrmOkVDXcXnDoYc6fwK0I2De7qYpAyyrddgHnQfE7evrmlfkcq1n2YgbS8G6M55S8lK8eHuN2MH0I1d06f5AtmylYksWxOVc_JvDYo5Bw4yei-qRuzL9ZCTjucdFM284BZSWMWIj/s1804/Screenshot%202023-03-29%20at%2018.34.37.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1804" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XKwQsVCJgrcp3opxq1-LAavw4c0EfAUPrPXgQZ6WO-Gnd2CsXrmOkVDXcXnDoYc6fwK0I2De7qYpAyyrddgHnQfE7evrmlfkcq1n2YgbS8G6M55S8lK8eHuN2MH0I1d06f5AtmylYksWxOVc_JvDYo5Bw4yei-qRuzL9ZCTjucdFM284BZSWMWIj/s320/Screenshot%202023-03-29%20at%2018.34.37.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Suzi Feay for her new series, Suzi's Book Bag. You can listen to / watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLABn2uYmfQ">interview here. </a><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-50944443210714195932023-03-03T19:50:00.002+00:002023-03-03T19:50:09.775+00:00Children's Book Round up for Literary Review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXJoPAvXTrQ5VfZkBfZiuiZr7RUZniqYuxkmQMh4s_SweFxUKn7dhNF_4bQB8_mXFlXoozRhslCkZYn3EdiE6u82T-AGIv6-i1EaxuC50QnCQf-PWq6wOMOxM6CutEGLhD7VJWbue8gDA8b_fs_kWHGswrdGYZHM23d38oxn4OlfWTIenSq7TYk6WL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="520" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXJoPAvXTrQ5VfZkBfZiuiZr7RUZniqYuxkmQMh4s_SweFxUKn7dhNF_4bQB8_mXFlXoozRhslCkZYn3EdiE6u82T-AGIv6-i1EaxuC50QnCQf-PWq6wOMOxM6CutEGLhD7VJWbue8gDA8b_fs_kWHGswrdGYZHM23d38oxn4OlfWTIenSq7TYk6WL" width="154" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> </p><p>I've reviewed three new books for <i>Literary Review</i>: Natasha Farrant's <i>Ravenwood House</i>; Ally Sherrick's <i>Vita and the Gladiator</i>; and Yvonne Banham's <i>The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores Mackenzie</i>. <a href="https://literaryreview.co.uk/the-old-haunts">You can read the review here.</a><br /></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470942948194520385.post-51991619504530355832023-01-31T14:19:00.001+00:002023-01-31T14:19:25.998+00:00The Cloisters by Katy Hays: review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QltwXz4__AUSpRWdKUvtz0Ha3Xg8YHVzyQTawsUGJLAwnc3vfEwzNy-j6lKCqgALELDI4Qo5AYoBXpU8imTWlha9xjy59Sx7C1ZjrEeNRghQaUJN8_JwunP9kdOS2sZAHA8JoIv77HcGCh70Y9vp6R5_8jKmFg3ZKCixuf2syl0nK_BXVnu4lR7R/s700/Screenshot%202023-01-31%20at%2014.18.40.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QltwXz4__AUSpRWdKUvtz0Ha3Xg8YHVzyQTawsUGJLAwnc3vfEwzNy-j6lKCqgALELDI4Qo5AYoBXpU8imTWlha9xjy59Sx7C1ZjrEeNRghQaUJN8_JwunP9kdOS2sZAHA8JoIv77HcGCh70Y9vp6R5_8jKmFg3ZKCixuf2syl0nK_BXVnu4lR7R/s320/Screenshot%202023-01-31%20at%2014.18.40.png" width="216" /></a></div><br />I've reviewed Katy Hays' debut novel, THE CLOISTERS, for <i>Spectator World</i>. <a href="https://thespectator.com/book-and-art/behind-closed-doors-cloisters-katy-hays/">You can read it here.</a><br /><p></p>PHILIP WOMACKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568326890433679833noreply@blogger.com0