Book review: Animal magic from Maverick Arts Publishing
Chase away holiday boredom with two funny, funky picture books from a small publishing company with big, bold ideas.Set up in 2008 by Steve and Karen Bicknell to market animal calendars, Maverick Arts...
View ArticleBook review: The Curse of Babylon by Richard Blake
By the 7th century, the Roman Empire was in tatters… Rome was a pile of rubble, Greece was virtually lost, Spain was overrun by barbarians and Saracens from the East were on the march.Centre of this...
View ArticleBook review: The Gallipoli Oak by Martin Purdy and Ian Dawson
In a corner of a ‘foreign field’ in the barren Great War killing grounds of Gallipoli in Turkey stands a lone and alien English oak tree – a 90-year-old living symbol of a young Lancashire soldier...
View ArticleBook review: What Lies Within by Tim Vowler
Some books defy pigeonholing in traditional genres – take Tim Vowler’s dark and unsettling debut novel with its tantalising and atmospheric blend of mystery, suspense, crime and powerful psychological...
View ArticleBook review: Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant
It’s that time of the year when we are ready to indulge ourselves … a comfy chair, a glass of crisp, chilled white wine, and a book so good that reading it takes over our lives.Look no further than...
View ArticleBook review: Me and You by Claudia Carroll
Irish writer Claudia Carroll has a special and warm-hearted way of seeing her fictional world.The Dublin author likes nothing better than to fill her fresh, funny novels with the sort of people we can...
View ArticleBook review: Bridge the holiday boredom gap with Macmillan Children’s Books
As the summer holidays hit the halfway point, it’s time to open up a new chapter of fun and adventurous reading.Macmillan Children’s Books have some special treats in store with an exciting line-up of...
View ArticleSummer drink drive campaign
Safer Roads Humber has launched its summer ‘Morning After’ drink-drive campaign targeting drivers and riders to think about the amount of alcohol still in their system the morning after any summer...
View ArticleBook review: Precious Thing by Colette McBeth
When does a friendship become too close for comfort… and what happens when love is only one step away from hatred?These are just two of the intriguing questions posed by Colette McBeth in her...
View ArticleBook review: The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop and Café by Mary Simses
There’s only one thing more irresistible than a blueberry muffin… a subtly sweet romance prepared with a loving hand and baked to perfection.Mary Simses’ escapist debut novel is a deliciously dainty...
View ArticleBook review: A summer of reading with Random House Children’s Books
A gripping story of espionage and wartime resistance takes centre stage in an exciting line-up of children’s books from Random House this month.There are also sticker books to keep little ones...
View ArticleWilliam’s Farm Kitchen scoop two awards at Great Taste 2013
The team at farm shop, café and butchery, William’s Farm Kitchen, is celebrating the news that they’ve scooped a gold star for two of their products, from judges of the world’s largest and most...
View ArticleBook review: The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
In the history books, she is the York princess whose union with the Lancastrian King Henry VII ended the bitter Wars of the Roses, the peacemaker wife who helped found the famous Tudor dynasty… But how...
View ArticleBook review: Adventures old and new with OUP children’s books
Travel back in time for some old-fashioned fun and mystery with a super selection from Oxford University Press children’s books.Young readers can unearth Britain’s rich history in four books charting...
View ArticleYorkshire Day party raises hundreds
A Yorkshire Day celebration has raised over £200 for Driffield WI.The Yorkshire Day garden party held was hosted by WI member, Anne Lowde, at her home on Beverley Road.The celebration which took place...
View ArticleBook review: Playing with Fire by Kerry Wilkinson
Preston’s Kerry Wilkinson may have started his writing career as an ‘accidental author’ but there is nothing random about the runaway success of his Detective Jessica Daniel crime series.Wilkinson’s...
View ArticleBook review: Once Upon a Time There Was A Traveller Edited by Kate Pullinger
‘Life is a journey, not a destination,’ declared the 19th century American thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson and what better way to ‘armchair travel’ than in the company of some of the UK’s finest women...
View ArticleBook review: The Arrangement by Mary Balogh and Duchess in Love by Eloisa James
The much-loved novels of Georgette Heyer may now be a distant memory but Regency romance has never been more popular.Across the Atlantic, writers like Mary Balogh, Eloisa James, Stephanie Laurens,...
View ArticleBook review: Turning over a new leaf with Scholastic Children’s Books
A new month, a new school term and a new selection of entertaining and exciting books beckons as summer gives way to autumn at Scholastic Children’s Books.Leading a magical mixed bag of titles is Mark...
View ArticleBook review: The Keystone by A.M.Dean
Fancy a conspiracy thriller which blends bruising action with brains? Step into the dark and dangerous world of Dr Emily Wess and her cerebral creator, the leading historian A.M.Dean.The Keystone is...
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