Week beginning 4 June 2025

Todd Almond Slow Train Coming Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth Bloomsbury Academic | Methuen Drama, January 2025.  Thank you, NetGalley, for this uncorrected proof for review. This is an intensely personal account of the challenges in staging a play on Broadway. The narrative concentrates strongly on Todd Almond’s experiences and responses, whileContinue reading “Week beginning 4 June 2025”

Week beginning 30 April 2025

Barbara Kingsolver Holding the Line Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike Faber and Faber Ltd, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Barbara Kingsolver has written a non-fiction book that echoes the skill she demonstrates in her fiction. The preface is a wonderful insight into the authorContinue reading “Week beginning 30 April 2025”

Week beginning 22 December 2021

Book reviews this week include non-fiction – Christian Lamb’s Beyond the Sea A Wren at War ; John Marsden, Take Risks; and Elie Mystal Allow Me to Retort A Black Guy’s Guide to The Constitution and fiction – Kathleen McGurl’s The Girl from Bletchley Park. All of these books are uncorrected proofs provided to meContinue reading “Week beginning 22 December 2021”