Dec 3, 20208 min readThe Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2020…There are plenty of ‘Books Of The Year’ lists around this time competing for your time and attention, but we like to think that Scots...
Mar 12, 20206 min readFully Booked: A Preview Of Aye Write! 2020…*This year’s Aye Write! has been postponed. For full details go to https://www.ayewrite.com/Pages/default.aspx* From today (12th – 29th)...
Feb 15, 20204 min readLove & Regret – A Review Of Ajay Close’s What We Did In The Dark…If you are familiar with the writer Catherine Carswell there is a good chance it is for her work as the biographer of D.H. Lawrence, the...
Jun 2, 20174 min readPrinciple Players: A Review Of J. David Simons’ A Woman Of Integrity…Running two narratives throughout a novel can be risky. They have to be distinct and equally engaging or readers will rush through one to...
Mar 9, 20174 min readThe Ties That Bind: A Review Of Ajay Close’s The Daughter Of Lady MacbethIt’s a fear of many children that they are going to grow up to be “just like your mother/father”. This is often stated as a simple...