Blogs in July 2019

Undercliff 25th July 2019

It’s the summer of 1972, and 30-something divorcee Martyn returns to London after some years away. He joins the Olive Grove, a religious community, where he forms a relationship with Amelia. Over time Martyn becomes suspicious of the Olive...

Read More 

Lanny 24th July 2019

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019 Not far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds...

Read More 

The Easternmost House 23rd July 2019

‘The house on the edge of the cliff was demolished this week, which means we are now the house on the edge of the cliff.’ Within the next three years, Juliet Blaxland’s home will be demolished, and the land...

Read More 

Mary Anne 23rd July 2019

‘Like its heroine the book is possessed of such unforgettably vivid charm that one is seduced’ L. S. Hilton, author of Maestra In Regency London, the only way for a woman to succeed is to beat men at their...

Read More 

After the Party 22nd July 2019

‘I always wanted to be friends with both my sisters. Perhaps that was the source, really, of all the troubles of my life…’ It is the summer of 1938 and Phyllis Forrester has returned to England after years abroad....

Read More