Friday, 15 July 2022

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Spanish edition of How to Teach Classics to Your Dog

 It's always a thrill to see a foreign edition of a book, and the translator, Pablo Hermida Lazcano, has kindly alerted me to the Spanish cover of How to Teach Classics to Your Dog. It will be published by Ediciones Paidos.



Friday, 1 July 2022

Children's Round up for July issue, Literary Review

 I've reviewed five children's books for Literary Review's July issue.




Wished by Lissa Evans
Small! by Hannah Moffat

Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna

Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll

The Imagination Chamber by Philip Pullman.

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

The Young Accomplice by Benjamin Wood: review

 


I've reviewed Benjamin Wood's new novel, THE YOUNG ACCOMPLICE, for The Financial Times. Read it here.

Monday, 30 May 2022

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy: Rereading


 I was delighted to do a Re-reading column for The Times, about The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. You can read it here.

Friday, 27 May 2022

The Twilight World by Werner Herzog: review

 


My review of Werner Herzog's novel, THE TWILIGHT WORLD, in Spectator World.

Friday, 22 April 2022

Flint and Mirror by John Crowley: review

 


I've reviewed John Crowley's Flint and Mirror for the Spectator's World Edition. You can read it here.