Quick look: The many lives of Anne Frank

July 09, 2025 in Bookshelf, Quick looks, Reviews

The structure of this book is very interesting.

Quick look: Hard Rain Falling, by Don Carpenter

July 08, 2025 in Bookshelf, Quick looks, Reviews

The style is plain and simple, and all the more powerful for that.

Upcoming book reviews June 2025

June 02, 2025 in Quick looks, Reviews

This is just a very quick heads-up. I’m just about to send off four reviews to Teach Secondary magazine. I will post the reviews here once they’ve been published there (that’s the deal), but here are one-liners to whet your appetite.

Books added to the TBR heap

August 22, 2024 in Quick looks

This article is an excerpt from a longer one that appeared on my Eclecticism newsletter.

Books I'm reading or about to read

August 12, 2024 in Quick looks, Reviews, Bookshelf

I’ve been sent the following books by publishers, and will review them in due course. Here is some information about them.

Books received

April 03, 2024 in Quick looks

Here are a few of the books I’ve been sent for review recently, covering AI, maps, time travel and language.

Quick looks: Once Upon A Prime

September 20, 2023 in Quick looks, Reviews

I recently received this book, and I’m enjoying it very much. It looks at the (usually hidden) existence of maths in literary works.

Quick looks: Solutions for Writers

September 15, 2023 in Quick looks, Reviews

This is packed with useful information. I’m especially looking forward to reading the the sections called How to Show Instead of Tell, and Using the Techniques of Fiction to Enhance Nonfiction.

Quick look: Retroland, by Peter Kemp

September 05, 2023 in Bookshelf, Quick looks, Reviews

This book arrived recently, and I’m very much enjoying reading it. It’s a kind of guided tour or survey of the types of fiction that have appeared in the last fifty years (mainly).