It's a perennial subject: here I am on the rise of Celebrities who write children's books, for Spectator World. Read it here.
Novelist and Reviewer: Author: The Other Book, The Liberators. The Darkening Path Trilogy: The Broken King, vol. 1; The King's Shadow, vol. 2, and The King's Revenge, vol. 3. The Double Axe, a retelling of the Minotaur story, and The Arrow of Apollo. How To Teach Classics to Your Dog published October 2020. Wildlord, publishing October 2021.
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Friday 2 February 2024
Thursday 25 January 2024
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones: review
We begin the New Year with a review of Dan Jones' appropriately wintry title, WOLVES OF WINTER, for The Spectator World. Herewith a link.
Thursday 14 December 2023
Reviews of GHOSTLORD
Nicholas Tucker, the eminent children's book expert, chose Ghostlord as his Book of the Year for Books for Keeps.
Emily Bearn, the Telegraph children's books reviewer, featured it in her Books of the Year Round Up for the same paper.
Nat Segnit wrote a lovely piece on children's books in the Times Literary Supplement, featuring Ghostlord.
I hope those who come across the book will also come to its predecessor, Wildlord.Literary Review Christmas Children's Books Round up 2023
The Iliad by Emily Wilson and Homer and his World by Robin Lane Fox: review
I've reviewed two books on Homer: Emily Wilson's new translation of The Iliad, and Robin Lane Fox's book about Homer, for Spectator World. Read it here.