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Category Archives: book reviews

Twenty-six Letters: April

Some really interesting books recommended by Dorset Book clubs. Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Posted byJess MorencyApril 8, 2024Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:A Place Called Winter, Book Club recommendations, book clubs, Dorset readers, Know My Name, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Secret River, The Sentence, The Whalebone TheatreLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: April

Dorset’s Book Clubbers

I conceived the idea for this piece almost a year ago, and although it was a long time in the making, I loved doing it – wanting to join every book club I visited!

Posted byJess MorencyApril 8, 2024April 25, 2024Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:book clubs, Bridport Bookshop, dorset magazine, Know My Name, Mens Book Clubs, Rakestraw Books, Sherborne School, Transatlantic Book Club, Whalebone TheatreLeave a comment on Dorset’s Book Clubbers

Twenty-Six Letters: March

This month’s book selection comes with an amazing £10 off on one of them and a completely free literary magazine.

Posted byJess MorencyFebruary 17, 2024Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:book reviews, dorset magazine, dust child, emillieferris, flower portraits, Kate Friend, still life, the heaven and earth grocery store, tom lakeLeave a comment on Twenty-Six Letters: March

Dorset’s Thriller Queen

Sadly my confusion with her son ‘rising’ (Christ-like) from the river was removed during editing. But it made us laugh. As did many other things…

Posted byJess MorencyJanuary 21, 2024January 21, 2024Posted inbook reviews, Dorset Magazine, Self-Publishing a NovelTags:Amazon Self Publishing, KDP Amazon, Peter Boland, Ringwood, Shalini BolandLeave a comment on Dorset’s Thriller Queen

Twenty-six Letters: February 2023

It was great to feature some of our Dorset authors this month

Posted byJess MorencyJanuary 21, 2024Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:Chesil Beach, Dear Tosh, Hands Across the Sea, The Charity Shop Detective Agency, The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell, The Winterborne JourneyLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: February 2023

Twenty-six Letters: January 2024

Some of my favourite books for January

Posted byJess MorencyJanuary 4, 2024January 4, 2024Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:andrew solomon, far from the tree, greenlights, hannah ritchie, i shall not hate, inspirational reading, Izzeldin Abuelaish, matthew mcconaughey, not the end of the world, the dictionary of lost words, winteringLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: January 2024

Twenty-Six Letters: December

Another lot of eclectic books: perfect Christmas stocking fillers…

Posted byJess MorencyNovember 22, 2023November 22, 2023Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:Barbara Pym, Climate Upheaval, gaia vince, Kew Gardens, little toller publishing, Meadows, nomad century, Wild Swimming Walks, Women GardenersLeave a comment on Twenty-Six Letters: December

Twenty-six Letters: November

As the nights draw in and the weather cools (finally), here’s an eclectic bunch of books to keep you entertained…

Posted byJess MorencyOctober 24, 2023Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:cicerone books, etaf rum, flight paths, iranian food, migration, natasha solomons, romeo and juliet, scottish wild country backpacking, The LevantLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: November

Twenty-six Letters: October

October is Black History Month. And these books are just brilliant.

Posted byJess MorencySeptember 24, 2023September 24, 2023Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:a book of secrets, black england, black history month, black victorians, gretchen gerzina, hakim adi, hope road publishing, igiaba scego, kate morrison, keshia n. Abraham, miranda kaufman, the colour line, tudor britainLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: October

Twenty-six Letters: September

It was such a pleasure to read six of the Bridport Prize’s previous winners.

Posted byJess MorencySeptember 11, 2023September 11, 2023Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:A Terrible Kindness, Bernardine Evaristo, Carole Hailey, Isabel Ashdown, Kit de Waal, Michael Lavers, The Bridport Prize, The Silence Project, Wenyan LuLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: September

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