A fool on a hill

  The first thing to be said about this book is that it is very, very beautiful. The photograph doesn't actually do it justice: the cove...

This book was written for children - but that certainly doesn't mean it should only be read by children. It's original and captivati...

Dear readers!  I've often felt a little bit sad that although I get readers on this blog, I never seem to get any comments. But I've...

 The first thing to say is that I do realise how useless I am at keeping up this blog. I am very envious of a friend who has written down ev...

 I noticed the other day that this book, Voyage of the Sparrowhawk , has won the children's book category of the Costa award, and so I d...

 Since my writing group went online, I've mostly done the weekly tasks I've set them - and it's been fun and quite liberating tr...

 If there's one thing that the lockdown reminded many of us, it's that nature is immensely important to us. For reasons that should ...