Celia Rees
@celiarees.bsky.social
Author Historical Fiction YA & Adult. Witch Child, Pirates! Miss Graham's War aka Miss Graham's Cold War Cook Book.
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Very moving!
Today's post: Adele Geras praises Sarah Perry's memoir about her father-in-law's death. "I was knocked sideways ... have often thought about it since & agree with the rave reviews it's received." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat... @vintagebooks.bsky.social #SarahPerry #death #bereavement
DEATH OF AN ORDINARY MAN by Sarah Perry, reviewed by Adèle Geras
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November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Very moving!
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Today's post: Adele Geras praises Sarah Perry's memoir about her father-in-law's death. "I was knocked sideways ... have often thought about it since & agree with the rave reviews it's received." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat... @vintagebooks.bsky.social #SarahPerry #death #bereavement
DEATH OF AN ORDINARY MAN by Sarah Perry, reviewed by Adèle Geras
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November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Today's post: Adele Geras praises Sarah Perry's memoir about her father-in-law's death. "I was knocked sideways ... have often thought about it since & agree with the rave reviews it's received." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat... @vintagebooks.bsky.social #SarahPerry #death #bereavement
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This week's guest, regular contributor @cindyjefferies.bsky.social, finds much to enjoy in THE HUMMINGBIRD by Sandro Veronesi. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues... #translation #literatureintranslation #Italianfiction #greatreads
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September 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This week's guest, regular contributor @cindyjefferies.bsky.social, finds much to enjoy in THE HUMMINGBIRD by Sandro Veronesi. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues... #translation #literatureintranslation #Italianfiction #greatreads
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New bookseller guest! Richard Hayden of The Rye Bookshop chooses James Fox's excellent CRAFTLAND: "Craft, it is implied, is for hobbyists at home; instead, this tiny and shrinking minority do work. Hard work ... "
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Bookseller feature: Richard Hayden of THE RYE BOOKSHOP chooses CRAFTLAND by James Fox
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September 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
New bookseller guest! Richard Hayden of The Rye Bookshop chooses James Fox's excellent CRAFTLAND: "Craft, it is implied, is for hobbyists at home; instead, this tiny and shrinking minority do work. Hard work ... "
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... #Rye #bookshops #JamesFox #crafts
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Welcome to new guest Sarah LeFanu, who praises Iris Murdoch's Under the Net: "Joy in thinking & observing, in the pleasures of friendship and pursuit of love, all vividly present in her first, utterly delightful novel." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... @vintagebooks.bsky.social
Guest review by Sarah LeFanu: UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch
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October 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Welcome to new guest Sarah LeFanu, who praises Iris Murdoch's Under the Net: "Joy in thinking & observing, in the pleasures of friendship and pursuit of love, all vividly present in her first, utterly delightful novel." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... @vintagebooks.bsky.social
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"Asks deep questions about individual responsibility, whether past wrongs can be righted, how we adapt to climate change & nature loss, & what kind of future we can shape." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/albi... @lindanewbery.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #AnnaHope #greatreads
ALBION by Anna Hope, reviewed by Linda Newbery
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October 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"Asks deep questions about individual responsibility, whether past wrongs can be righted, how we adapt to climate change & nature loss, & what kind of future we can shape." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/albi... @lindanewbery.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #AnnaHope #greatreads
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Guest author David Breakell finds much to admire in Robert Harris's PRECIPICE, set in 1914. "Finds something new to say ... a seasoned political observer so the context is expertly handled." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... #RobertHarris #historicalfiction #FirstWorldWar #greatreads
Guest review by David Breakell: PRECIPICE by Robert Harris
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October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Guest author David Breakell finds much to admire in Robert Harris's PRECIPICE, set in 1914. "Finds something new to say ... a seasoned political observer so the context is expertly handled." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... #RobertHarris #historicalfiction #FirstWorldWar #greatreads
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If you'd like to read my new novel, THE ONE TRUE THING, it's available in Kindle form for just 99p for a limited period. amzn.to/4oSs7AZ #TheOneTrueThing #WritersReviewPublishing #newbooks #newfiction
The One True Thing
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September 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you'd like to read my new novel, THE ONE TRUE THING, it's available in Kindle form for just 99p for a limited period. amzn.to/4oSs7AZ #TheOneTrueThing #WritersReviewPublishing #newbooks #newfiction
Great novel. Thank you for the reminder Dennis Hamley on @writersreview.bsky.social
Guest Dennis Hamley explains why A S Byatt's POSSESSION is hi 'favourite-ever' novel. "I re-read it once every three years and each time I find even more in it." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues... #BookerPrize #ASByatt #greatreads #literarymystery #poetry
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September 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Great novel. Thank you for the reminder Dennis Hamley on @writersreview.bsky.social
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Guest Dennis Hamley explains why A S Byatt's POSSESSION is hi 'favourite-ever' novel. "I re-read it once every three years and each time I find even more in it." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues... #BookerPrize #ASByatt #greatreads #literarymystery #poetry
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September 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Guest Dennis Hamley explains why A S Byatt's POSSESSION is hi 'favourite-ever' novel. "I re-read it once every three years and each time I find even more in it." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues... #BookerPrize #ASByatt #greatreads #literarymystery #poetry
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'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.' Regular contributor Graeme Fife comes to THE GO BETWEEN for the first time. 'At the end, I cried.' Who else loves this, and/or the film versions? reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/08/gues... #LPHartley #TheGoBetween #heatwave #1900
August 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.' Regular contributor Graeme Fife comes to THE GO BETWEEN for the first time. 'At the end, I cried.' Who else loves this, and/or the film versions? reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/08/gues... #LPHartley #TheGoBetween #heatwave #1900
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"Just like its customers, a bookstore has its own personality..." A new kind of bookshop feature today - guided by Venkatesh Swamy, we visit the thriving Eureka! in #Delhi to sample the rewards & irritations of daily bookshop life. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... #India #indiebookshop
BOOKSHOP FEATURE: Inside an Indian Indie bookstore, by Venkatesh Swamy
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September 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"Just like its customers, a bookstore has its own personality..." A new kind of bookshop feature today - guided by Venkatesh Swamy, we visit the thriving Eureka! in #Delhi to sample the rewards & irritations of daily bookshop life. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... #India #indiebookshop
Check out our summer reads. We'd love to know what your choices would be!
Summer round-up: what have we loved recently? What's on our reading piles? Lovely range chosen by @celiarees.bsky.social @lindanewbery.bsky.social and #AdeleGeras. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/07/summ... @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @merlinsheldrake.bsky.social @judithallnatt.bsky.social
SUMMER ROUND-UP by Adèle, Celia and Linda
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July 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Check out our summer reads. We'd love to know what your choices would be!
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Summer round-up: what have we loved recently? What's on our reading piles? Lovely range chosen by @celiarees.bsky.social @lindanewbery.bsky.social and #AdeleGeras. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/07/summ... @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @merlinsheldrake.bsky.social @judithallnatt.bsky.social
SUMMER ROUND-UP by Adèle, Celia and Linda
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July 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Summer round-up: what have we loved recently? What's on our reading piles? Lovely range chosen by @celiarees.bsky.social @lindanewbery.bsky.social and #AdeleGeras. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/07/summ... @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @merlinsheldrake.bsky.social @judithallnatt.bsky.social
Fabulous and so well deserved!
A lovely review for THE ONE TRUE THING, one of our three launch titles. "Linda Newbery is a writer of great experience and skill ... understanding of people and the power of words." Thank you @seasidereader.bsky.social! picturesandconversations.co.uk/2025/04/29/t... #WritersReviewPublishing
The One True Thing by Linda Newbery
If we are fortunate in our lives we will find the one thing that gives us meaning and contentment and joy. It might be something great or small and it will be personal to us even if it is something…
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May 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Fabulous and so well deserved!
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A lovely review for THE ONE TRUE THING, one of our three launch titles. "Linda Newbery is a writer of great experience and skill ... understanding of people and the power of words." Thank you @seasidereader.bsky.social! picturesandconversations.co.uk/2025/04/29/t... #WritersReviewPublishing
The One True Thing by Linda Newbery
If we are fortunate in our lives we will find the one thing that gives us meaning and contentment and joy. It might be something great or small and it will be personal to us even if it is something…
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April 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A lovely review for THE ONE TRUE THING, one of our three launch titles. "Linda Newbery is a writer of great experience and skill ... understanding of people and the power of words." Thank you @seasidereader.bsky.social! picturesandconversations.co.uk/2025/04/29/t... #WritersReviewPublishing
A must read!
"What I like best for historical fiction - lots of facts to draw on but a great big gap where you can create the story." Mary Hoffman on DAVID, out with #WritersReviewPublishing - and she gives 6 great tips for writers too! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/05/spec... @maryhoffman.bsky.social
SPECIAL FEATURE Q&A: Celia Rees interviews Mary Hoffman about DAVID: THE UNAUTHORISED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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May 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A must read!
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"What I like best for historical fiction - lots of facts to draw on but a great big gap where you can create the story." Mary Hoffman on DAVID, out with #WritersReviewPublishing - and she gives 6 great tips for writers too! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/05/spec... @maryhoffman.bsky.social
SPECIAL FEATURE Q&A: Celia Rees interviews Mary Hoffman about DAVID: THE UNAUTHORISED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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May 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"What I like best for historical fiction - lots of facts to draw on but a great big gap where you can create the story." Mary Hoffman on DAVID, out with #WritersReviewPublishing - and she gives 6 great tips for writers too! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/05/spec... @maryhoffman.bsky.social
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'Lillian charmed me into her life" - guest Cindy Jefferies enjoys the 1930s Manhattan wanderings of #KatherineRooney's Lillian Boxfish. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/04/gues... @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @cindyjefferies.bsky.social #greatreads #1930s #NewYork #flaneuse #advertising
Guest review by Cindy Jefferies: LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK by Kathleen Rooney
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April 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
'Lillian charmed me into her life" - guest Cindy Jefferies enjoys the 1930s Manhattan wanderings of #KatherineRooney's Lillian Boxfish. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/04/gues... @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @cindyjefferies.bsky.social #greatreads #1930s #NewYork #flaneuse #advertising
Hope for all #halfarses ffrom the wonderful @leenanorms.bsky.social
On the blog today: Leena Norms answers questions from Celia Rees and daughter Catrin on how to make 'half arsing' work for you in all areas of your life! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec... #selfhelp #LeenaNorms #lifehacks @celiarees.bsky.social @leenanorms.bsky.social #lifecoach
Special feature: Leena Norms answers questions from Celia and Catrin Rees on HALF ARSE HUMAN
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March 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hope for all #halfarses ffrom the wonderful @leenanorms.bsky.social
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On the blog today: Leena Norms answers questions from Celia Rees and daughter Catrin on how to make 'half arsing' work for you in all areas of your life! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec... #selfhelp #LeenaNorms #lifehacks @celiarees.bsky.social @leenanorms.bsky.social #lifecoach
Special feature: Leena Norms answers questions from Celia and Catrin Rees on HALF ARSE HUMAN
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March 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
On the blog today: Leena Norms answers questions from Celia Rees and daughter Catrin on how to make 'half arsing' work for you in all areas of your life! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec... #selfhelp #LeenaNorms #lifehacks @celiarees.bsky.social @leenanorms.bsky.social #lifecoach
Proud to be part of this! Excellent writers. Quality Fiction. Writers doing it for themselves...
Introducing WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING! Our launch books: great reissues by @maryhoffman.bsky.social (David: the Unauthorised Autobiography) and Judith Allnatt (The Poet's Wife & a new novel from @lindanewbery.bsky.social (The One True Thing). More here! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec...
Special feature: WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING!
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March 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Proud to be part of this! Excellent writers. Quality Fiction. Writers doing it for themselves...
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Introducing WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING! Our launch books: great reissues by @maryhoffman.bsky.social (David: the Unauthorised Autobiography) and Judith Allnatt (The Poet's Wife & a new novel from @lindanewbery.bsky.social (The One True Thing). More here! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec...
Special feature: WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING!
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March 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Introducing WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING! Our launch books: great reissues by @maryhoffman.bsky.social (David: the Unauthorised Autobiography) and Judith Allnatt (The Poet's Wife & a new novel from @lindanewbery.bsky.social (The One True Thing). More here! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec...
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We welcome Alison Layland, who praises Tom Bullough's SARN HELEN, Welsh Book of the Year 2024. "What a journey he takes us on! A cry from the heart.https://reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-review-by-alison-layland-sarn.html @ecoworrier.bsky.social @grantabooks.bsky.social #climatecrisis
Guest review by Alison Layland: SARN HELEN, a Journey through Wales, Past, Present and Future, by Tom Bullough
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February 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We welcome Alison Layland, who praises Tom Bullough's SARN HELEN, Welsh Book of the Year 2024. "What a journey he takes us on! A cry from the heart.https://reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-review-by-alison-layland-sarn.html @ecoworrier.bsky.social @grantabooks.bsky.social #climatecrisis
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Big congratulations to Judith Allnatt, who's shortlisted for the Flash Fiction award! As well as being a contributor to the blog, Judith is one of the 3 authors launching #WritersReviewPublishing in April, with her beautiful novel The Poet's Wife. More soon! www.scottishartstrust.org/results-story
Edinburgh Writing Awards — Scottish Arts Trust
Edinburgh Flash Ficition and True Flash Results
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February 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Big congratulations to Judith Allnatt, who's shortlisted for the Flash Fiction award! As well as being a contributor to the blog, Judith is one of the 3 authors launching #WritersReviewPublishing in April, with her beautiful novel The Poet's Wife. More soon! www.scottishartstrust.org/results-story