22 Friday Nov 2013
Posted in Books, Non-Fiction
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Dale Farm, For Books' Sake, Gypsies, Gypsy, Katharine Quarmby, No Place to Call Home, Travellers
My review of Katharine Quarmby‘s brilliant No Place to Call Home: Gypsies, Travellers and the Road Beyond Dale Farm is posted at For Books’ Sake today.
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17 Thursday Oct 2013
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My review of Slavery Inc: The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking, by the remarkable Lydia Cacho, is published today at For Books’ Sake.
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07 Friday Jun 2013
Posted in Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
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1920s, Careless People, F. Scott Fitzgerald, For Books' Sake, Sarah Churchwell, The Great Gatsby
My review of Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby – a brilliant new exploration of F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s 1920s masterpiece, by Sarah Churchwell – is posted today at For Books’ Sake.
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09 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Books, Fiction, Film, History, Non-Fiction
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Burlesque, For Books' Sake, Gypsy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Mother Finds a Body, Striptease, The G-String Murders
My tribute to Gypsy Rose Lee, queen of burlesque, best-selling author and ‘striptease intellectual’, is published today at For Books’ Sake.
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20 Thursday Dec 2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Fiction, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Witchcraft
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A Year in Books, Adam Braver, Christine Middleton, Dark Places, Elif Shafak, Ferragamo, Gil Adamson, Gillian Flynn, Honour, Kate Grenville, Lancashire Witches, Livi Michael, Malkin Child, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: Private And Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan, Misfit, Pendle Witches, Sarah Thornhill, Sofka Zinovieff, Stefania Ricci, The House on Paradise Street, The Outlander, The Witch & Her Soul
My ten favourite reads of 2012, including new fiction; books commemorating the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, and the 400th anniversary of the Pendle witch trials; and some previously published books that I’ve just caught up with.
I had never read Kate Grenville’s work before, but Sarah Thornhill (and its predecessor, The Secret River) really evokes the stark beauty of the outback, contrasted with the tumult of the early settlers. Continue reading
Tara Hanks 
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