Week beginning 2 September 2026

Alice Hoffman The Witches of Cambridge Simon & Schuster (Australia) | Scribner UK, September 2026. Thank you NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I was interested in The Witches of Cambridge as an example of historical fiction that would complement the non-fiction texts I have read about the treatmentContinue reading “Week beginning 2 September 2026”

Week beginning July 14 2026

Jerry Jamison Behind the Beehive The Triumphs and Trials of Dusty Springfield Bloomsbury Academic, October 2026.Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Jerry Jamison acknowledges the difficulties of researching this biography and in a Note from the Author at the beginning, and in an afterword, has described these, and detailedContinue reading “Week beginning July 14 2026”

Week beginning 24 December 2025

Kristen Lopez, Popcorn Disabilities, Bloomsbury Academic, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Prepare to question your responses to disability, not only as depicted in the films that are discussed, but also in relation to friends and strangers with a disability and government and non-governmentContinue reading “Week beginning 24 December 2025”