This history of the first feminist movement in the UK is terrific. The Bluestockings were an informal group of eighteenth-century middle- and upper-class women of talent, distinction, wit and intel…| Kate Macdonald
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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
I wrote about these two excellent memoirs of Greek island life in the 1950s, and posted the review on Substack. Do read it there!| 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
I last wrote about Galt’s Annals of the Parish ten years ago, and now I’ve done it again, posting a long piece about it on Substack, because I love this novel so much.| 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