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Writing tagged: ‘fiction’

‘Sense and Sensibility’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Sense and Sensibility’ by Jane Austen

Like Jeeves and Wooster without all the ‘What-ho?!’s.

Published 25-Jul-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: fiction, Jane Austen, reviews
Boulevard du Temple by Louis Daguerre

The gaping void between fact and fiction

Fact and fiction are discrete things, not parts of a continuum.

Published 17-Jun-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: factual writing, fiction, on writing, photography, W.G. Sebald
All Among the Barley

Book review: ‘All Among the Barley’ by Melissa Harrison

Rural idylls weren’t quite as idyllic as they seemed.

Published 01-Nov-2018
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: fiction, Melissa Harrison, reviews
Gallows Pole

Book review: ‘The Gallows Pole’ by Benjamin Myers

18th-century Yorkshire meets the Sopranos: intrigue, betrayal, murder, and revenge in the Calder Valley.

Published 22-May-2017
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: Ben Myers, Calder Valley, fiction, reviews
At Hawthorn Time

Book review: ‘At Hawthorn Time’ by Melissa Harrison

An extraordinary modern rural novel.

Published 03-Mar-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: fiction, Melissa Harrison, reading, reviews

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