Bookbounding My Friend, the Octopus

Following on from my analytical review here's the creative stuff!! There was no way I couldn’t turn Lindsay Galvin’s My Friend The Octopus into book cosplay, there’s so much I could completely nerd out about and have me the opportunity to push my sewing skills to the limit to blend my two lives, recreate a …

My Friend, The Octopus by Lindsay Galvin

This review will come in two parts, this is the analysis post, the other is to come later this afternoon!! You may know there are a few topics that will immediately endear me to a book, and a combination of such will make me love it. And then there’s the special few that put a …

Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track – Annelise Gray with Guest Feature by Annelise Gray

Last year I wrote enthusiastically about the first book in this series Race to The Death partially for its keen historical observation, and by this education by stealth; but equally so for its storycraft, total immersion in Dido’s world that evokes the greatest stories of literature, those that pull us in and care from the …

Feature: Corpse Talk: Dead Good Storytellers. Adam & Lisa Murphy

Today I am delighted to be hosting this stop on The Corpse Talk: Dead Good Storytellers Blog Tour with bonus featured content from the author & illustrator husband and wife team Adam and Lisa Murphy!  When the email for Corpse Talk popped up in my inbox it was an instant yes for us. Bringing to …

The Ghost Garden by Emma Carroll

What an incredible little novella The Ghost Garden is in collaboration between the amazing Emma Carroll and the awesome Barrington Stoke set in the weeks leading up to the British declaration of war in 1914. Emma Carroll brings to the dyslexia friendly publishing House her unique brand of weaving historical settings with a fantastical undertow, …

Last minute gift with feeling? try Wonderbly Books

So yesterday may have caught some UK based people out who are now thinking eeep I need something for... If a magazine subscription is not quite your ideal and you want something a bit different may I suggest a book from Wonderbly especially if you order by midnight tonight (20th December!) These books are an …

Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission by David Long & illustrated by Stefano Tambellini

50 years ago right about now Apollo 13 was about 2 days away (April 14th) from the infamous communication ‘Houston, we have a problem’ which prompted a flurry of problem solving, engineering and mathematical genius to bring home the three men on-board the stricken space module and showing that courage and ingenuity can do seemingly …