My affection for Katherine Addison’s marvellous series of fantasy novels set in an extraordinary world of goblins and elves with extremely formal dress codes has been documented here for The Goblin…| Kate Macdonald
Two (fairly) recent novels about uncovering the reasons behind a death in a medieval setting both use unusual storytelling forms to give the reader clues in a novel way. I listened to Laurent Binet…| Kate Macdonald
I admit, I asked for this review copy with some dubiousness. It was pitched to me with a quote from the author: ‘I was going through a phase of reading Sylvia Townsend Warner novels and was inspired by Lolly Willowes: the story of a quiet, Edwardian spinster convinced she is a witch, who breaks away … Continue reading The Magickal Summer of Evie Edelman, by Harriett de Mesquita→| Kate Macdonald
Musicologists assemble! This is a great group biography, of four British women composers of the twentieth century. One is still well-known: I say ‘still’ because she is now, but Dame Et…| Kate Macdonald
This was a delightful and unexpectedly insightful read. There has been a very welcome rush of Japanese novels in English translation into the anglophone market in the last few years. I’ve read a few, but this is the one I’ve enjoyed most for a relatively quick read but which also stayed with me. More importantly … Continue reading Nanako Hanada, The Bookshop Woman→| Kate Macdonald