The Hidden, by Melanie Golding

Trigger warning for domestic violence. Ruby is a special person. She has a big heart, but is haunted by family … More

A Marvellous Light, by Freya Marske

What is it about watching two characters who are into each other but won’t reveal their feelings that draws us … More

Thomas Thresher is the sort of person who, if I met him in real life, I would have nothing to … More

Trigger warning for child abuse, including starvation. I was brought up in a vaguely Christian household (Lutheran, not Evangelical). I … More

Not everything I choose to read is an intellectual puzzle or a heartbreaking exploration of human pain. Sometimes I read … More

Trigger warnings for child neglect. I’ve always thought one of the biggest questions our species has had to wrestle with … More

Beware of Scottish standing stones! It was true in the Outlander series and it’s true in Natasha Pulley’s new novel, … More

For me, reading Francis Spufford’s Light Perpetual, was a strange juggling act. On the one hand, the premise of the … More

When someone doesn’t speak, when they cut the rest of us off from their opinions and histories, they still can’t … More

One small part of my job as a librarian is to help explain what words mean, especially for the many … More