by Administrator | Dec 8, 2021 | Quick Reads
I’ve lived here for about a year, but I only found out about Notts TV in the work break room last week (I’m getting a TV license just for Bake Off). This makes it a little funny that I’m writing about the charming new Book Club programme on the channel. The show...
by Administrator | Apr 2, 2020 | Quick Reads
“At first, I was nervous about how this book would make me feel. At times the stories were heart-breaking but it didn’t leave me feeling overwhelmed. It left me feeling seen. Speak Up: An Anthology of Young Voices explores issues we face as a society, owns...
by Administrator | May 4, 2018 | Readers & Writers
Anthony Winter, a celebrated artist of nude portraits, has been murdered and the last person to see him alive is Frank Elder’s daughter. Katherine, who modelled for Winter and ended up in a relationship with him, is the only suspect and Elder is lured out of...
by Administrator | Jan 29, 2018 | Quick Reads
Reservoir 13 has all the elements of a thrilling page turner lined up neatly in a list: a quaint village in the Peak District is the setting, where, on a late winter’s day a family walk goes awry. A girl is missing. Last seen dawdling behind her parents on a frost...
by Administrator | May 16, 2017 | Readers & Writers
Salt to the Sea is less fiction than it is archaeology. Sepetys’ impeccably researched story about the ‘Grandest Maritime Disaster in History’ sheds light on an untouched event. 1500 people died in the Titanic, 9000 people died on the Wilhelm Gustloff; the fact that...