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Review of ‘The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah’

23/09/2020 nsford 10 Comments

The autobiography of poet, musician and activist Benjamin Zephaniah is a brilliant read, written in a straightforward style with short…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Benjamin Zephaniah, books, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, writers

Review of ‘Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics’ by Dylan Jones

19/09/2020 nsford 9 Comments

What does the term ‘New Romantics’ mean to you? Synth pop, dramatic make-up, elite clubs for the eccentrically-dressed youth, androgynous…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Dylan Jones, music, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘We’ by Yevgeny Zamyatin

15/09/2020 nsford 8 Comments

Before Nineteen Eighty-Four, before Brave New World, there was We, one of the first dystopian science fiction novels. It was…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, dystopias, fiction, reviews, translations, Yevgeny Zamyatin

Review of ‘The Sentence is Death’ by Anthony Horowitz

13/09/2020 nsford 4 Comments

This is the second book to feature Anthony Horowitz himself as the narrator, drawn into a murder investigation by the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Anthony Horowitz, books, crime fiction, fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Beyond the Deepwoods’ by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

12/09/2020 nsford 11 Comments

The best way I can describe this book is Alice in Wonderland crossed with one of those video games where…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, Chris Riddell, fantasy, Paul Stewart, reviews, YA fiction

Film of the book: ‘Persuasion’ (2007)

09/09/2020 nsford 9 Comments

Part of the channel ITV’s ‘Jane Austen season’ in 2007, this adaptation of the author’s last novel was decent enough…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, classics, fiction, films, Jane Austen, reviews

Review of ‘Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home’ by James Tiptree Jr

07/09/2020 nsford 2 Comments

First published in 1973, this collection of 15 short science fiction stories has been reissued in a new Penguin edition.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, James Tiptree Jr, reviews, science fiction, short stories

Review of ‘Loner’ by Georgina Young

05/09/2020 nsford 4 Comments

I liked this debut novel from Australian author Georgina Young. It’s categorised as YA but if we are looking closely…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Georgina Young, reading, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘The Moon: A History for the Future’ by Oliver Morton

03/09/2020 nsford 8 Comments

I’m a big fan of the Moon, so this book very much appealed to me. It’s a science book which…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, non-fiction, Oliver Morton, reviews

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Not Dressed Like That, You Don’t!’ by Yvonne Coppard

01/09/2020 nsford Leave a comment

The funny thing is, as soon as the random generator threw up this teen book that I read back in…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, reading, YA fiction, Yvonne Coppard

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