Lancashire Evening Post - Books Feed

Bumper day for crime book fans

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:22:17 GMT

Book lovers will get a triple helping of crime fiction when three authors visit a Lancashire bookshop to talk about their latest novels.

Book review: Coronation Wives by Lizzie Lane

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:02 GMT

The war may be over but peacetime brings new challenges for three women from Bristol... not least their buried secrets.

Book review: Wainwright’s Lost Tour by Ed Geldard

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:25:04 GMT

In May 1931, 24-year-old Alfred Wainwright set out with three friends on a walk which would prove to be a gruelling test of man’s endurance against nature.

Book review: Harmattan by Gavin Weston

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:19:16 GMT

There’s an ill-wind blowing through the troubled Republic of Niger... and it’s not just the dry, dusty, damaging Harmattan breeze that sweeps in from the Sahara across West Africa.

Book review: The Fast Diet Recipe Book by Mimi Spencer and Sarah Schenker

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:51:45 GMT

It has been described as the biggest diet revolution since the Atkins, and the Fast Diet is fast becoming THE way to lose weight and keep healthy.

Book review: The Holiday Home by Fern Britton

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:32:42 GMT

Here’s an invitation difficult to turn down... a trip to the beautiful Cornish coast, courtesy of one of Britain’s best-loved TV presenters.

Book review: Follow Me Down by Tanya Byrne

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:20:31 GMT

When Tanya Byrne’s debut novel Heart-Shaped Bruise was published last year, it didn’t so much break onto the scene as explode in a myriad of starry-eyed reviews.

Book review: The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:56:34 GMT

Elizabeth Loupas isn’t the first writer to be inspired by the marital mysteries surrounding the shadowy 16th century Duke of Ferrara... English poet Robert Browning got there first.

Book review: The Hope Factory by Lavanya Sankaran

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:48:19 GMT

Bangalore... southern India’s entrepreneurial boom city where tradition and technology, ancient cultures and industrial conglomerates, urban grime and suburban grace rub along together amidst a teeming mass of humanity.

Book review: The Weeping Girl by Håkan Nesser

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:51:05 GMT

The renowned Chief Inspector Van Veeteren might now be retired and ensconced in an antiquarian bookshop but his voice still speaks loud to his young protégé Ewa Moreno as she is drawn into a disturbing case...

Book review: Midnight in St Petersburg by Vanora Bennett

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:57:35 GMT

Anyone who says love and politics don’t mix should pick up a copy of Midnight in St Petersburg, Vanora Bennett’s classy new novel.

Book review: Lancaster Through Time by Jon Sparks

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:51:57 GMT

With its long history dating back to a permanent Roman settlement, an imposing hilltop castle and a rich variety of architectural gems, Lancaster has much to be proud of.

Book review: Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:25:32 GMT

For over 300 years, Bluff House has loomed large over Whiskey Beach, facing the cold, turbulent Atlantic as if it was a challenge.

Book review: The Emergence of Judy Taylor by Angela Jackson

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:31:28 GMT

Judy Taylor’s domestic dilemma is one we can all recognise...

Book review: Good Husband Material by Trisha Ashley

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:36:46 GMT

Thirteen years have passed since Lancashire-born author Trisha Ashley first published Good Husband Material and it’s pleasing to report that age has added a warm of layer of nostalgia to this edgy, earthy, exhilarating love story.

Book review: Lost Worlds by Andrew Lane

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:28:33 GMT

Prepare to be amazed... and amused... and totally blown away!

Book review: The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:46:04 GMT

It seems such a travesty to label Marian Keyes’ brilliantly funny books as chick-lit...

Copies of Guild book sell out within the first week

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:40:53 GMT

A special book launched to mark the Guild year celebrations has sold out.

Book review: The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:54:20 GMT

They say every picture tells a story... but here’s a story that paints a multitude of pictures.

Book review: Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pyjamas by Judy Parkinson

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:36:12 GMT

There’s no point in beating about the bush... the English language is simply littered with quirks which, to foreigners, must sound positively barking mad!