Category Archives: Books Club & Literary Work
The Shepherd Lord Fact or Fiction
A Bank holiday read or a book for Fathers Day, this Faction is an interesting cross between fact and fiction. The historical embellishments are entertaining. Product Description from Amazon ‘Young Henry Clifford, heir to vast estates in the North of … Continue reading
More Books than Bookings for Mike Pannett
He may have been a great copper for 20 years until he took up writing, about the police, about his life and crimes in the Yorkshire Countryside. However his books are coming to book shops thick and fast and he … Continue reading
What is it about Scarborough and Fiction
The Last Train to Scarborough is a Jim Stringer Steam Detective novel by Andrew Martin. Hot on the heels of our review of the murders in Scarborough in ‘The Other Child’ by Charlotte Link is another book in Andrew Martin’s … Continue reading
In the Shoes of J B Priestley
J B Priestley in vogue or brogues either way Bradford needs a shoeshine person Continue reading
Images of Yorkshire Moors & Wolds
Yorkshire is blessed with dramatic and unrivaled scenery. From the East coast through Moors, Dales and Wolds there are umpteen images to catch the imagination. You can access these images via short or long distance walks, from car windows, glossy … Continue reading
Maeve Binchy 1940- 2012
Maeve Binchy the best-selling Irish author has died aged 72 after a short illness. Ian Rankin has tweeted “Maeve Binchy was a gregarious, larger than life, ebullient recorder of human foibles and wonderment.” She was a great story teller who … Continue reading
Gore Vidal – Homosexuality & Transexuality
During the late 1940’s and early 50’s Gore Vidal was producing challenging books. This included Myra Breckinridge (sunsequently made into a film) and The City And The Pillar with a hint of autobiographical politics and homosexuality. Gore Vidal died on … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Fictional Anthropologist
I have just read ‘The Calling of the Grave’ by Yorkshire author Simon Beckett. It features Dr David Hunter a forensic expert to equal Kay Scarpetta or Kathy Reichs’ Tempe Brennan. Not up to the standard of Pat Baker’s W.H.R. … Continue reading
Quick Guide to Slow North Yorkshire
Slow North Yorkshire: Moors, Dales & Coast, including York – Local, characterful guides to Britain’s special places from Mike Bradshaw According to the description of this book it ‘explores the nooks and crannies of this dramatic and diverse county and … Continue reading
The Cragg Vale Coiners – Phillis Bentley
Coiners historically were people who were makers of counterfeit coins or those who ‘coins money’ by clipping or filing off bits of valuable metal. They literally were ‘coining it in’. A tour d’Yorkshire book from and about old ‘Cragg … Continue reading