Dove on the Waters by Maurice Shadbolt
(Published by Stinging Fly Press)
After such a positive experience with Keri Holmes’ The Bone People, I recently decided that it was time that I read more books by New Zealand authors. I tried to read Katherine Mansfield but short stories aren’t my cup of tea so I turned
Dream Brother by David Browne
(Published by Fourth Estate)
‘Dream Brother’ is a biography of two talented and troubled men who died tragically young. Jeff Buckley was just 30 years old when he drowned in the Mississippi while in Memphis working on the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut album ‘Grace’
Cutting the Night in Two – Short Stories by Irish Women Writers
Edited by Evelyn Conlon & Hans-Christian Oeser
(Published by New Island)
In his book The Short Story, Sean O’Faolain reminisces about the time he taught creative writing in London. One young man submitted a story about an aristocratic man
Dancers of Fortune by Lee Dunne
(Published by Poolbeg)
This is Lee Dunne’s twenty first work of fiction and once again Dunne has struck just the right note. Based in Dublin in 1902, Sam Sweet dives into the Liffey after a street urchin who has stolen his wallet. Beautiful, rich Victoria Brewer witnesses the
Paulo Coelho, Confessions of a Pilgrim by Juan Arias
(Published by Harper Collins)
Brazilian Paulo Coelho is one of the most widely read authors in the world. His works include ‘The Pilgrimage’, ‘By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept’, and the recent ‘Veronica Decides to Die’, but he
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
(Published by Corgi Adult)
Symbologist Robert Langdon is in Paris to attend a conference. Woken late one night, he is taken to a murder scene. The victim is Louvre curator Jacques Sauniere, who Langdon was supposed to meet earlier in the evening. Intriguingly, Sauniere has left a clue as
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
(Published by Penguin Modern Classics)
The Bibliofemme book for 26th February 2004 was The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford. Love in a Cold Climate revisits the settings and characters of The Pursuit of Love but places the accent on the Hampton
Dead Famous by Ben Elton
(Published by Black Swan Books)
Despite a New Year’s Resolution to ration my junk television hours, I managed to begin 2006 with a barely curbed addiction to Celebrity Big Brother. Now that it has come to its inevitable conclusion, I’ve finally had time to sit down and consider a book
Coming Up For Air by George Orwell
(Published by Penguin Books Ltd)
The month of May is traditionally associated with all sorts of images: the beginnings of summer; Maypoles, those symbols of phallic fertility; and on May 1st, international workers day. That Orwell was an ardent socialist is not in doubt and so many of his
How to Cook Better by Shaun Hill
(Published by Mitchell Beazley)
In a world saturated with cookbooks, ‘How to Cook Better’ from British chef Shaun Hill makes a refreshing change. Moving away from the usual recipe-on-one-page, picture-on-facing-page approach, this is a manual, focusing more on techniques than
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