I've realised this year that I have started reading quite a few book series and then taking ages to get round to the next book. I've had to stop myself starting any new series so I don't end up in the centre of a storm of unfinished book series. Partly it is the curse of [...]
It has been a long time since I posted anything on here. I'm not usually one to be very personal on my blog because frankly I would find that boring (and I imagine others would too) but at the same time, I know that I don't follow people for content only. So, here's me making [...]
I've been thinking about Harry Potter recently. Well, I work at Bloomsbury and, for better or for worse, being the global (sans US) publisher of Harry Potter, the series defines us. We are always doing Harry Potter events, we're given a low down of the publicity campaigns in work emails and of course, I know [...]
The moon landing is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and I'm amazed that we managed to make it up in space in 1969. This year, NASA also opened their international space station to tourists (if you can afford to go) and scientists captured photos of a black hole which, up until now, was thought [...]
I've read a few debut books this year so far and I started wondering about debut authors and how harshly we should be judging them. I read and reviewed Ignite the Stars this year and I didn't enjoy it very much. This is Maura Milan's debut novel and whilst it had all of the ideas for [...]
I started drafting this over a month ago but it's ended up being quite topical, so apparently being far too busy to finish this in time had a silver lining! Disney's The Little Mermaid is a love story about a mermaid who is granted humanity (though personally, I think Ariel comes across as giving up [...]
A Midsummer Night's Dream | The Bridge Theatre ★★★★ If you are in London this summer, you have probably noticed that a lot of companies are doing A Midsummer Night's Dream. I saw the Bridge's version and I would definitely recommend it. This is a funny, magical and modern twist on the play. The Show [...]
