Book reviews, recommendations and literary life.
Book reviews, recommendations and literary life.
Hello friends and welcome to this week’s Sunday Stories. I hope you’ve all had a great week. Wales has been a bit wet and work has been busy but we’ve also managed to nail homemade chai lattes. Swings and roundabouts, no? Let’s get right into what I’ve been up to over the last 7 seven …
Hello friends! Another week slides past and here in Wales in terms of lockdown, it feels like nothing much is changing at all. Yet change is in the air as we see protests across the world – we must keep doing the work. Here is this week’s Sunday Stories and what I have been up …
I mentioned in a post a while back that I went on a bookshop pilgrimage to London last year. Part of this trip took me into the depths of East London, past Brick Lane and its vintage clothes shops, to Hanbury Street. On this slightly shabby looking side street, you’ll find Libreria Bookshop. It’s part …
Hello friends, what a week it’s been. In the world, on social media, in our own heads. This week’s Sunday Stories is reflective of the work I have been doing yet this is not intended as a pat on the back. This tiny pocket of the internet that I have is a platform for talking …
I write this week’s Sunday Stories hidden in the shade. It is hotter than the sun this weekend in Cardiff which is great but I have pale skin and I wear a lot of black (think a Wednesday Addams vibe). I’ve forgotten how to be summery. Don’t get me wrong though I’m very grateful for …
It is just me or has this week felt like the longest in existence? But now it’s Sunday, and not just any Sunday, but Sunday on a Bank Holiday weekend! (How many times can I say Sunday in one sentence?) Even in this strange time I think it’s good to acknowledge these things, even if …
Here we are again everyone. Grab a cuppa and settle in for your weekly dose of Sunday Stories, where I share some of the things I’ve enjoyed most this past week. Reading This week I finished Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, which took me longer to read than I thought it would. I think it …
Another week of lockdown life over and time for Sunday Stories again. This week it was announced that here in Wales we have another three weeks of lockdown ahead of us. It’s necessary but sometimes it does feel like this is going on for eternity. But there’s lots to be thankful for; the sun has …
Something I wanted to include in my blog was a weekly roundup of things that I have enjoyed. This will mainly be things I’m reading, listening to or watching. Maybe something non-bookish may slip in one day, who knows. I’d love for this to be a conversation where people can share their own recommendations too! …
Last year to celebrate my birthday I went on a little literary pilgrimage to visit some of London’s best bookshops. I’d visited many over the years but this trip was different, a devoted solo date with myself where I could browse the bookshelves guilt free. Top of the list was Persephone Books on Lamb’s Conduit …
