book-reviews
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(Winner of the Short Story Competition) by Catherine Dent. Research Takes Time. Shortly after her marriage, Rose discovered her local library, the only place Malcolm’s temper couldn’t reach her. It became a quiet, neutral refuge where she could unwind and lose herself in other worlds without spending her meagre housekeeping allowance on bus fares. Even…
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The importance of crime/thriller fiction… Our Crime Reading month is packed full of fun events and speakers so if you haven’t already, please book your tickets now! Bradford Libraries event tickets from TicketSource. Today we hear from crime writer, Scott Hunter who asks the question… Why does crime fiction continue to fascinate? And murder in…
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Why Crime Fiction? There’s a question I get asked fairly regularly as both a reader and a writer: Why crime fiction? With so many genres out there, why spend so much time in the darker corners of human behaviour? The honest answer is probably the simplest one. I love a good story. Crime fiction, at…
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The Appeal of Murder & Meaning: Exploring Crime Fiction and Wellbeing… Bradford Libraries has teamed up with Bradford University to bring you a bumper Crime Reading Month in June. Here, Dr Min Yong, Associate Professor (Department of Psychology, School of Law and Social Sciences) explains a little about her research and gives insight into why…
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Next month is Crime Reading Month in our libraries. We know you love a good mystery so we have all sorts of exciting events planned, as well as a fantastic stock of crime fiction novels. Thriller Writer, Lucy Brighton is just one of the talented authors we have running an event in the Shipley Library…
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Today’s reviewer is Sakinah, who loves reading, walking in the woods and gardening. She also loves catching up with friends or family over a cup of tea and cake. Her favourite cake is lemon drizzle. Title: Hidden Fires Author: Saarish Hussain Genre: Adult Fiction Summary: Ruby is a teenage girl struggling with anxiety, body image…
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Review by Sue Hewitson “ Water” is the first book in the series” Elements” written by John Boyne. It is a short novel which sets the scene for “ Earth” “ “ Fire” and, finally “ Air.” The characters are linked throughout the four books. We meet Willow as she gets off the boat…
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Historical Fantasy Author, Author Elizabeth Hopkinson chooses three books from Bradford Libraries Collection she feels would be suited to three characters from her own Angelio series, Tammo, Carlo and Celestina… Have a read through and see if these are books that would interest you too… IntroducingTammo. Tammo is a character in Elizabeth’s Angelio Series who…
