The Midnight Palace is the second book in Zafon’s series for young adults. A magical tale of mystery and adventure set in Calcutta from 1916 to 1932. A supernatural thriller of murder, chilling crimes and ghostly stories from the nineteenth century set with a backdrop of Jheeter’s Gate Railway Station. Although written for young adults […]
As an aspiring writer I realised reading was essential element to becoming a better writer. The question then was what to read. Books of all genres have been part of my life since primary school, but amazingly I seem to have overlooked the classics; the likes of Jane Austen, F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. […]
The Great Gatsby – Written by F Scott Fitzgerald – Movie Directed by Baz Luhrmann Most of us know the name, an American classic crafted by Fitzgerald in the 1920’s. A story of greed, corruption, excess and lives unfulfilled. The central figure is Jay Gatsby, a playboy millionaire who hosts wild parties every weekend at […]
For those people not acquainted with Jane Austen’s work, this is a great introduction. A beautiful piece of writing. A novel within a novel. A story about Samantha McDonough, an American librarian in 2013 and Rebecca Stanhope, the daughter of a clergyman in 1802. The story starts in 2013. Samantha is in London with her […]
‘IT SCREAMED DOWNWARD, splitting air and sky without effort. A target expanded in size, brought into focus by time and velocity. There was a moment before impact that was the last instant of things as they were. Then the visible world exploded.’ The opening to Steven Galloway’s third book, The Cellist of Sarajevo is a […]