Tag Archives: Novel
Yorkshire Miners not all Cloth Caps & Whippets
Thirty years ago the miners strike pitted ‘the Government against the People’ and David Peace’s novel ‘GB 84’ is an evocative and provocative thriller based on the events of that time. Peace recounts strong views surrounding Britain’s social and political … Continue reading
Joanne Harris’s Blueeyedboy is All Alone
If you fail to get on the same wave length and tune into the Blueeyedboy at an early stage you are not alone. After a few chapters I had to go back and assess what I thought was going on. … Continue reading
Kate Shackleton Mystery Books
‘Dying in the Wool’ is a mystery for fictional amateur sleuth Kate Shackleton set in a quiet Yorkshire village. Why not a lively, thriving, bustling even noisy Yorkshire village I do not know but that is artistic license for you! … Continue reading
Chelsea Wives and Leeds United
‘Footballers wives’ this book definitely isn’t despite our weak link to the chairman of Leeds United. Anna-Lou Weatherley, former acting editor of Smash hits, has previously written a couple of romantic fiction titles, ‘Ibiza Summer’ and ‘The Wrong Boy’. Chelsea … Continue reading
War Years to CND a Good Yorkshire Book Companion
Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (B2) Something a bit different this time about one of Yorkshire’s famous literary sons John Boynton Priestley (JBP). It is hard to know what is JBP’s most abiding legacy. ‘An Inspector Calls’ and the West … Continue reading
Orange Prize for Fiction – Winners 1996-2012
For the last Orange Prize for Fiction it is a first-time novelist who has scooped this women’s literature prize from under the noses of many award-winning and in some minds more suitable writers. Madeline Miller won the 2012 Orange Prize … Continue reading
Ee By Gum Book Readers
Ee by gum they now have computers or electronic devices that read your books for you, so you don’t need to bother! Well not quite, on many levels. Entry Level E Book Readers The batteries do most of the work … Continue reading
Lee Child Latest – Yorkshire Book Club Offering
Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (A2) Lee Child is a Yorkshire man from Leeds now living and working in the United States of America but we can’t hold that against him. So for that reason we have Lee as our … Continue reading
Scarborough Setting for 1st Yorkshire Book Club Offering
Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (A1) Finding a book to start Yorkshire – God’s Own County book club proved to be an interesting challenge. Should we opt for a tried and tested author who was already popular and well known? … Continue reading
Know Your Oliver Onions Yorkshire’s Ghost Story Expert
Oliver Onions was a contemporary of J B Priestley both were born in Bradford and both authors of significant talent. Oliver Onions wrote some of the finest Ghost stories of the time and his tales of the supernatural are still … Continue reading