‘It’s a vivid account of a stormy adolescence and a revealing insight into being the child of a Holocaust survivor’
The Herald gives a fantastic review of Major/Minor by Alba Arikha. Read the full review here and get your copy of the book today.
‘Refugees who have fled violence and persecution will always be haunted by ghosts from their past lives. Nine Love Letters reminds us how complicated these choices are. People can choose whether to leave or stay. They can choose whether to perpetuate the traditions and values of their families. But there is so much they cannot choose, even when they do eventually find refuge and safety and people to love.’
The Jewish Quarterly reviews Nine Love Letters by Gerald Jacobs. Get your copy of the book here today…
First stop of Sally Emerson’s Fire Child blog tour is a fantastic review by The Glasshouse Girls.
‘I have probably thought more about this book since finishing it than I have any other book I have ever read!’ – Casey Ravindran
The Sunday Times gives a sparkling review of Fire Child by Sally Emerson. Get your copy here on publication date this Thursday!
‘Venetia Welby is not your bog standard author. She’s a writer to watch. A writer who is gifted beyond description. The research that went into this book would have been extensive, the effortless way in which she flips between such different writing styles left me speechless.’
The Glasshouse Girls gives a fantastic review of Mother of Darkness by Venetia Welby. You can read the full review here and get your copy of the book here today.
Venetia Welby answers questions for Portobello Book Blog. To read the Q&A session go here and to get your copy of the book go here.
‘Is there a more surreal way of learning the name of your mother, who vanished when you were four? A woman airbrushed from history.’
The East Anglian Daily Times had a piece on Darling Baby Mine by John De St. Jorre in their Weekend paper. You can read the full piece here: east anglia daily times 1 and get a copy of Darling Baby Mine here today.
‘Simon Courtauld evokes the popular picture of “country of blood and death, heat and dust, fierce light and deep shade, passionate love and tragic loss”…There is much here to inform and delight.’
Footprints in Spain by Simon Courtuald is reviewed in The Oldie Magazine. You can read the full review here: Portraits of Spain The Oldie and get your copy of Footprints in Spain here.
We were very sad to hear about the recent passing of Emma Tennant, a co-author of Did We Meet on Grub Street? .
“My life has really been about writing,” she said, “though some think it’s all about once having been in a ball dress and having an odd life and marrying all the time. But it’s the writing that’s always been the point.”
To read the full wonderful obituary in the Guardian, follow this link.
There’s a fantastic review of The Secret Broker by Simon Crane
in his old school magazine. The brilliant reviews on Amazon for 
The Secret Broker keep spilling in… You can read some of these and get a copy of the book here!