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<!-- Pop Up Projects -->{{Frontpage|isbn=1737030942|title=Bag O'Goodies|author=Jolly Walker Bittick|rating=4|genre= Anthologies|summary=Sometimes, you deserve a treat and mine was Jolly Walker Bittick's ''Bag O'Goodies''. I first encountered his writing about a year ago, when I read his [[image:PUP_RisingCape Henry House by Jolly Walker Bittick|Cape Henry House]], a rollicking tale of what happens when five young men find a base for their partying. Right now, I didn't want a full-length novel, so I turned to this anthology of verse and short stories. Bittick's writing has matured - and so have his characters. Well...jpgmost of them!}}{{Frontpage|isbn=140638853X|title=Somebody Give This Heart a Pen|author=Sophia Thakur|leftrating=5|linkgenre=https://wwwAnthologies|summary=Sophia Thakur's debut anthology is a collection of poems that are all unique, whether in relation to their style, length or theme. The collection is split into four sections, titled 'grow', 'wait','break' and 'grow again', guiding you through a process which is one of the foundations that the anthology is built on.amazonEach section begins with a foregrounded title page containing various small pieces of writing, ranging from a quote by a Nigerian playwright, to African proverbs.coThis provides a nice introduction to the section before you are immersed in the beautifully written and eloquent poems that Thakur has clearly put her heart and soul into.uk/gp/product/1910959375?ie}}{{Frontpage|isbn=UTF8&tag1789016789|title=thebookbag-21&linkCodeYou're the Froth On My Soy Cappuccino: Poems for the Present|author=as2&campDon Behrend|rating=1634&creative4|genre=6738&creativeASINAnthologies|summary=1910959375]]''You're the Froth On My Soy Cappuccino'' begins with ''A Modern Love Story'':

[[image:4star.jpgHa! How can you not laugh at this gently mocking take on love in the hipster world? }}{{Frontpage|isbn=PUP_Rising|linktitle=CategoryRising Stars:{{{New Young Voices in Poetry|author=Pop Up Projects|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies=4|genre=Anthologies]] |summary=This collection brings together five emerging voices in poetry. And despite what the publisher says, I wouldn't personally impose an age restriction on the writing here. Each poet uses words that will appeal to many readers. I found this particularly so with Jay Hulme's poetry. [[Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry by Pop Up Projects|Full Review]]<br> <br> <br>}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Stevenson_Garden<!-- |title=A Child's Garden of Verses|author=Robert Louis Stevenson -->[[image:Stevenson_Garden.jpg|leftrating=2|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910959103?ieAnthologies|summary=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1910959103]] ===[[A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Robert Louis Stevenson]]=== [[image:2star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Childrenwas a very versatile writer; he delved deep into the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; he delved deep into but he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' but he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the persecutedpersecuted. He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again, he did not restrict himself to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry. [[A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson|Full Review]]<br>}}{{Frontpage <!-- |isbn=Esiri -->Poem[[image:Esiri Poem.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1509860541?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1509860541]] ==title=[[A Poem for Every Day of the Year by |author=Allie Esiri]]|rating===4[[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] For those who summary=For those who do not read much poetry, for those who do not know where to start, this is a fun and easy commitment to take on. Reading a poem a day does not take long, mere minutes, and with over three-hundred poems in here there's bound to be a poem that speaks to each reader directly. [[A Poem for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=Herbertson_Wordsworth<br> <br> <br>|title=William and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany|author=Gavin Herbertson|rating=5<!-- Herbertson -->[[image:Herbertson_Wordsworth.jpg|left|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1903385598?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1903385598]]Anthologies ==|summary=[[William and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany by Gavin Herbertson]]=== [[image:5starwas a defining member of the romantic literary era.jpg|link=CategoryHe was part of the first wave, and his poetry helped to shape a large part of it. Nature was the key:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]]existing in nature, finding one's own true nature and becoming natural in the process were the driving forces behind it. William Wordsworth was a defining member of the romantic literary era. He was part of the first wave, and his poetry helped to shape a large part of it. Nature was the key}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mahfouz_Muslim|title=The Things I Would Tell You: existing in nature, finding one's own true nature British Muslim Women Write|author=Sabrina Mahfouz|rating=5|genre=Anthologies|summary=What does it mean to be British and becoming natural in the process were the driving forces behind itMuslim? This is a question these writers tackle with stunning clarity. [[William and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany by Gavin Herbertson|Full Review]]<br> <br> <br>  <!-- Mahfouz -->[[image:Mahfouz_Muslim.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0863561462?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0863561462]] ===[[The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write by Sabrina Mahfouz]]===Modern-day British society has a varied sense of cultural heritage; it is a society that is changing and moving forward as it adds more and more voices to the population, but it is also one that has an undercurrent of anxiety and fear towards those who are minorities. So this collection displays how all that fear is received; it comes in the form of stereotypical labels and racial prejudice, which are themes eloquently reproduced here.}}{{Frontpage[[image:5star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{Holland Cheap|title=View from the Cheap Seats|author=Barry Holland|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies=4|genre=Anthologies]] [[|summary=A little bit about Barry Holland:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]] What does it mean to be British he was born in Newport, South Wales, to working-class parents. He loves rugby and Muslim? This his son - his son is a question these writers tackle with stunning clarityhis favourite rugby player, which is just as it should be. Modern day British society has a varied sense of cultural heritage; it He is a society that qualified engineer but is changing and moving forward as it adds more and more voices to the population, but it is also one that has an undercurrent unable to work because of mental ill-health. All of anxiety these things feed into ''View from the Cheap Seats'', which is a collection of poems and fear towards those who are minorities. So this collection displays how all that fear is received; it comes in the form of stereotypical labels imaginings as vivid and immediate and racial prejudice, which are themes eloquently reproduced herestriking as you could hope for. Barry sounds like a thoroughly nice bloke and his book was a pleasure to read. [[The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write by Sabrina Mahfouz|Full Review]]<br>}}{{Frontpage<!-- Holland -->|isbn=Marshall EFT[[image:Holland Cheap.jpg|left|linktitle=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1524633127?ieThe Book of English Folk Tales|author=UTF8&tagSybil Marshall and John Lawrence|rating=thebookbag-21&linkCode4|genre=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1524633127]]Anthologies|summary===[[View from the Cheap Seats From ghosts to witches, to giants and fairies, ''The Book of English Folk Tales'' is a fascinating collection of stories retold by Barry Holland]]=== [[image:4starsocial historian and folklorist Sybil Marshall.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] A little bit about Barry Holland: he was born in NewportOut of print for over three decades, South Wales, to working class parents. He loves rugby this beautiful new clothbound edition is complete with wood-engraved illustrations by John Lawrence and his son - his son is his favourite rugby player, which is just as it should be. He is sure to capture the attention of a qualified engineer but is unable to work because new generation of lovers of mental ill healthfolklore. All of these things feed into ''View from }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Trotman_Winter|title=Winter: A Book for the Cheap Seats'', which is Season|author=Felicity Trotman (editor)|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary=This seasonal anthology contains a collection nice mixture of poems poetry, nature and imaginings as vivid travel pieces, and immediate and striking as you could hope forexcerpts from longer works of fiction. Barry sounds like Felicity Trotman, a thoroughly nice bloke freelance editor and his book was a pleasure to read.<br> <!-- Marshall -->[[imagemember of the English Civil War Society, has arranged the material into three sections:Marshall EFT'The Old Year', 'Christmas, Sacred and Secular', and 'The New Year'.jpg|left|link=https://wwwThis creates an appropriate sense of chronological progression and also serves to make Christmas the heart of the book.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1468313177?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagBlack-and-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1468313177]]white illustrations – maps, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and each author gets a short paragraph of biography and background.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Elphinstone_Winter|title==[[The Book of English Folk Tales by Sybil Marshall and John Lawrence]]===Winter Magic[[image:4star.jpg|linkauthor=Category:{{{Abi Elphinstone (Editor)|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:=3.5|genre=Anthologies|Anthologies]]summary=With everything from dragons to mysterious crimes, [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] From ghosts voice-stealing witches to witchestime travel, to giants and fairiesmagical worlds to first performances of world-famous ballets, ''The Book of English Folk Tales'' this is a fascinating collection of short stories retold by social historian and folklorist Sybil Marshallthat delights from start to finish. Out Anthologies of print for over three decadesshort stories can sometimes fall flat, this beautiful new clothbound edition is complete with wood engraved illustrations by John Lawrence one or two good ones and is sure to capture the attention of then a new generation bunch of lovers of folkloremediocre fillers, but this collection has no weak links... [[The Book all the stories are good, and most of English Folk Tales by Sybil Marshall and John Lawrence|Full Review]]them are brilliant. I felt entirely caught up in each individual world as I read, loving the varied and extremely likeable heroines throughout.<br> <br> <br>}}{{Frontpage<!-- Trotman -->|isbn=Phinn_Virgin|title=The Virgin Mary's Got Nits[[image:Trotman_Winter.jpg|leftauthor=Gervase Phinn|linkrating=https://www4.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1445664747?ie5|genre=UTF8&tagAnthologies|summary=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1445664747]] ===[[Winter: A Book for Christmas in our house is the Season by Felicity Trotman (editor)]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]]time we tend to get on a plane and head to either sun or snow, anywhere that is far, far away from the madness at home, [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] This seasonal anthology contains a nice mixture of poetry, nature last-minute dashes to the shops on Christmas Eve and travel piecesfood cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, and excerpts from longer works of fictionnor a mere 36 hours. Felicity Trotman, a freelance editor and member But I do remember the feeling of the English Civil War SocietyChristmas when I was younger, has arranged the material into three sections: 'The Old Year'back when it was magical, 'Christmas, Sacred and Secular', back when you knew exactly what the season would bring with carol concerts and school nativities and 'The New Year'Christmas parties. This creates book is an appropriate sense anthology of chronological progressionthose moments, and also serves it took me right back to make Christmas the heart wonder of the bookChristmas as a child. Black-and-white illustrations – maps, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and each author gets a short paragraph of biography and background.<br>}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Ayrton_Pasaran<!-- Elphinstone -->|title=No Pasaran: Writings from the Spanish Civil War[[image:Elphinstone_Winter.jpg|leftauthor=Pete Ayrton (editor)|linkrating=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471159809?ie4|genre=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471159809]]Anthologies|summary===[[Winter Magic by Abi Elphinstone (Editor)]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{In ''¡No Pasarán!: Writings from the Spanish Civil War'', Pete Ayrton has chosen a majority of texts by Spanish writers, arguing that the conflict has long been written about from the point of view of the international brigades.}}{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident ReadersFrontpage|isbn=Edwards_Manor|Confident Readers]], [[title=Murder at the Manor:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]]Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics)|author=Martin Edwards (editor)|rating=4.5With everything from dragons to mysterious crimes, voice-stealing witches to time travel|genre=Anthologies|summary=I'm not big on short stories, and magical worlds to first performances but two factors nudged me towards this book. Firstly, it's broadly golden age crime, one of world-famous balletsmy weaknesses and secondly, this the editor is a collection of short stories that delights from start to finish. Anthologies [[:Category:Martin Edwards|Martin Edwards]], a man whose knowledge of short stories can sometimes fall flat, with one or two good ones golden age crime is probably unsurpassed and then a bunch of mediocre fillershe's done us proud, not only with his selection but this collection has no weak links...all with the half-page biographies of the stories are goodwriters, and most of them are brilliantwhich precede each story. I felt entirely caught up in each individual world as I read, loving There's just enough there to allow you to place the varied author and extremely likeable heroines throughout. [[Winter Magic by Abi Elphinstone (Editor)|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Phinn -->to direct you to other works if you're tempted. It's an elegant selection, from the well known and the less well known, all set in and around the country house.}}{{Frontpage[[image:Phinn_Virgin.jpg|leftisbn=Colfer_Place|linktitle=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1444779400?ieOnce Upon a Place|author=UTF8&tagEoin Colfer (editor)|rating=thebookbag-21&linkCode3.5|genre=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1444779400]]Anthologies|summary===[[The Virgin MaryYou know the bit of the blurb on every ''Artemis Fowl''s Got Nits by Gervase Phinn]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]]book, where Eoin Colfer had it said about how you pronounce his name? That wasn't the intention of an up-and-coming author to be recognisable; rather, [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] Christmas it was pride. Pride in our house is the time we tend difference of it, of the Irishness of it. Ireland, it seems to get on a plane and head to either sun or snowme, anywhere that is farmore full than usual of people, far away from the madness at home, last minute dashes to the shops on Christmas Evethings and ideas, and food cupboard stockpiles places that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, nor a mere 36 hours. But I do remember the feeling different by dint of Christmas when I was youngertheir singular nationality – and so many deserve to have pride attached to them. The places might not be the famous ones, back when it was magicalbut they can be the source of pride, and back when you knew exactly what of stories, which is where this compilation of short works for the season would bring young comes in, with carol concerts and school nativities and Christmas parties. This book is an anthology of those moments, the authors invited to select their chosen place and write about it took me right back to the wonder of Christmas as a child. [[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn|Full Review]]<br>}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Cleeves_Murder<!-- Ayrton -->[[image:Ayrton_Pasaran.jpg|left|linktitle=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/184668997X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=184668997X]] ===[[No Pasaran: Writings from the Spanish Civil War by Pete Ayrton (editor)]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] In ''¡No Pasarán!: Writings from the Spanish Civil War'', Pete Ayrton has chosen a majority of texts by Spanish writers, arguing that the conflict has long been written about from the point of view of the international brigades. [[No Pasaran: Writings from the Spanish Civil War by Pete Ayrton (editor)|Full Review]]<br> <br> <br> <!-- Edwards -->[[image:Edwards_Manor.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0712309934?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0712309934]] ===[[Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics) by Martin Edwards (editor)]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime (Historical)|Crime (Historical)]], [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] I'm not big on short stories, but two factors nudged me towards this book. Firstly, it's broadly golden age crime, one of my weaknesses and secondly, the editor is [[:Category:Martin Edwards|Martin Edwards]], a man whose knowledge of golden age crime is probably unsurpassed and he's done us proud, not only with his selection, but with the half-page biographies of the writers, which precede each story. There's just enough there to allow you to place the author and to direct you to other works if you're tempted. It's an elegant selection, from the well known and the less well known, all set in and around the country house. [[Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics) by Martin Edwards (editor)|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Colfer -->[[image:Colfer_Place.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/191041137X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=191041137X]] ===[[Once Upon a Place by Eoin Colfer (editor)]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] You know the bit of the blurb on every ''Artemis Fowl'' book, where Eoin Colfer had it said about how you pronounce his name? That wasn't the intention of an up-and-coming author to be recognisable; rather, it was pride. Pride in the difference of it, of the Irishness of it. Ireland, it seems to me, is more full than usual of people, things and ideas, and places that are different by dint of their singular nationality – and so many deserve to have pride attached to them. The places might not be the famous ones, but they can be the source of pride, and of stories, which is where this compilation of short works for the young comes in, with the authors invited to select their chosen place and write about it. [[Once Upon a Place by Eoin Colfer (editor)|Full Review]]<br> {{newreviewThe Starlings and Other Stories

|genre=CrimeAnthologies|summary=Six authors, known collectively as 'The Murder Squad', and their six accomplices were each given twelve photographs of the remote landscape of Pembrokeshire by acclaimed photographer David Wilson and asked to come up with a short story inspired by what they saw. Some of the stories will be more to your taste than others, as is only to be expected in such a varied anthology, but none are weak and if you enjoy crime short stories then this book could be a real treat.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909823740</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Milne_Love|title=Love From Pooh (Winnie the Pooh)

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Walton_Scifi|title=What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading The Classics Of Science Fiction And Fantasy

|summary=Jo Walton has published over ten books, several of which have been award -winning. On top of that, she has a voracious appetite for books - both as a well -respected writer of original fiction, but as a well -respected reviewer too. Not only does she have time to do all that, but she also writes a regular column for Tor.com, on Science Fiction and Fantasy books, and it is these columns that a selection of which are collected here.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472111613</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Tennant_Grub|title=Did We Meet on Grub Street?

|genre=EntertainmentAnthologies|summary=Essentially, the three authors (all of whom have long careers in the book industry) revel in the idea of being whining old curmudgeons who miss the good old days of publishing. This unashamed nostalgia provides the focus of the book and allows the writers to recount numerous anecdotes from their days in the publishing business. Whilst the primary audience for this book may well be students of creative writing and media studies, it also serves as an interesting exploration of an aspect of modern history: how a once-burgeoning industry is now a shell of its former self, much like a lot of manufacturing. Because of this, I was disappointed that no space was given to a consideration of how the rise of the e-book and Kindle has directly damaged both the sale of books and the potential for new books to be written (fewer real books sold = fewer financial advances paid to writers = fewer books written). Also, given the clear love of books as treasured artifactsartefacts, the dismissal of the Harry Potter phenomenon seems truculent, given the impetus the series gave to reading amongst both the young and adults.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0704372983</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Penzler_Big|title=The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries

|summary=George R R Martin Nostalgia is undoubtedly a big part of the biggest name in modern day fantasyChristmas experience, and Gardner Dozois an American science fiction author that's provided in sack-loads by this hefty tome of considerable renownshort stories. HereSherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Brother Cadfael jostle Morse, Rumpole and Vic Warshawski for space on these tightly packed pages, while lesser-known and long since forgotten writers furnish new and unexpected pleasures for even the two collect twenty one stories by a list most well-read of well known and hugely loved authorsbook worms.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783297190</amazonuk>