Jazz Age Hollywood Love Stories and English Murder Mysteries
Even though I started this challenge of reading 26 classic novels in 2026 to expand my literary education back in January, I only announced it here last month and haven’t written about anything that I’ve read yet. So I thought I’d get started with a roundup of the books I read in the first five […]
It’s National Stationery Week! If you didn’t know, and why should you, I am an enormous stationery fan. Which makes this a pretty happy week for me. I’ve loved all things pens and paper, notebooks and writing since childhood. I used to collect those fancy novelty rubbers (or erasers as I think the Americans call […]
I don’t know about you, but 2025 was a lot (and 2026 isn’t shaping up to be any calmer). And with all the tension, conflict and noise, it’s getting harder to concentrate on ploughing our own furrows. I frequently feel like everything needs my attention all at once. And social media/the rise of ai/fall of […]
It began as a way to test out the new community feature on Tumblr and now it’s ready to launch out into the big wide world … a book club for fans of classic crime novels. Introducing The Murder Mystery Book Club. This is the club for you if … You’ve always wanted to explore […]
After what has been a ridiculously long time (3 years… arghhh), I am finally back at the blog-face. With… A new domain – I got the one I wanted (*does silly happy dance*) A new(ish) work in progress (well, an old one that’s been brought to the forefront, but the vigour’s renewed) New Projects (yes, […]