
The Years by Virginia Woolf
'The Years' is once again a very realistic, natural novel about people and their feelings.

For the Sake of the School by Angela Brazil
Angela Brazil has long been a favourite author in girl’s boarding school stories. ‘For the Sake of the School’ was published in 1915.

Soul Eaters in Fantasy Fiction
The soul is that mysterious, invisible, intangible part of ourselves that gives us life and identity. It's so crucial to our existence

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
t is a truth universally acknowledged that a young lady of good breeding must be in want of a goblin. I'm just kidding. As far as I know...

A Spy in the House of Love by Anais Nin
This groundbreaking novel presented a female character as capable of taking pleasure from sex without love in a way more often associated

Jackie Won a Pony by Judith M Berrisford
This pony-story series starter was first published in 1958. In my 1982 imprint from Armada, who published the Jackie series when I was a...

Trinity Rising by Elspeth Cooper
Preparation Time: One prequel
Cooking Time: Many months until all ingredients are brought to the boil.

Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber wrote science fiction, horror and fantasy. He's even credited with having coined the term 'sword and sorcery'. He won a Hugo...

If It Bleeds by Stephen King
Four shorter works of fiction than we are used to from the modern master of horror. I haven't read any short Stephen King in a while, so...

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
As I was re-reading ‘The Hobbit’ recently, I was struck by how many of the themes and events are paralleled in ‘The Lord of the Rings’.