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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:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:AnthologiesNew Young Voices in Poetry|Anthologies]]author=Pop Up Projects|rating=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|left|linkrating=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910959103?ie2|genre=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1910959103]]Anthologies|summary===[[A Child's Garden of Verses by 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 ''s Rhymes The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Verse|ChildrenMr Hyde's Rhymes and Verse]] Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; ' but he delved deep into did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the human psyche when he persecuted. He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island''The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' Kidnapped'', but , again, he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the persecutedprose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry. He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Esiri Poem|title=A Poem for Every Day of the Year|author=Allie Esiri|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary=For those who do not read much poetry, he did for those who do not restrict himself know where to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability start, this is a fun and easy commitment to write poetrytake on. [[A ChildReading a poem a day does not take long, mere minutes, and with over three-hundred poems in here there's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson|Full Review]]bound to be a poem that speaks to each reader directly.}}<br>{{Frontpage|isbn=Herbertson_Wordsworth<!-- Esiri -->[[image:Esiri Poem.jpg|left|linktitle=httpsWilliam and Dorothy Wordsworth://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1509860541?ieA Miscellany|author=UTF8&tagGavin Herbertson|rating=thebookbag-21&linkCode5|genre=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1509860541]]Anthologies|summary===[[A Poem for Every Day William Wordsworth was a defining member of the Year by Allie Esiri]]=== [[image:4starromantic literary era.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes He was part of the first wave, and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] For those who do not read much his poetry, for those who do not know where helped to start, this is shape a fun and easy commitment to take onlarge part of it. Reading a poem a day does not take long, mere minutesNature was the key: existing in nature, finding one's own true nature and with over three-hundred poems becoming natural 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|Full Review]]process were the driving forces behind it.<br> <br> <br>}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mahfouz_Muslim<!-- Herbertson -->|title=The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write[[image:Herbertson_Wordsworth.jpg|leftauthor=Sabrina Mahfouz|linkrating=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1903385598?ie5|genre=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1903385598]]Anthologies|summary===[[William What does it mean to be British and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany by Gavin Herbertson]]=== [[image:5starMuslim? This is a question these writers tackle with stunning clarity.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] William Wordsworth was Modern-day British society has a defining member varied sense of the romantic literary era. He was part of the first wave, cultural heritage; it is a society that is changing and his poetry helped to shape a large part of moving forward as it. Nature was adds more and more voices to the key: existing in naturepopulation, finding but it is also one's own true nature that has an undercurrent of anxiety and becoming natural in the process were the driving forces behind itfear towards those who are minorities. [[William So this collection displays how all that fear is received; it comes in the form of stereotypical labels and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany by Gavin Herbertson|Full Review]]<br> <br> <br>racial prejudice, which are themes eloquently reproduced here.}}{{Frontpage<!-- Mahfouz -->[[image:Mahfouz_Muslim.jpg|left|linkisbn=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0863561462?ieHolland Cheap|title=UTF8&tagView from the Cheap Seats|author=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0863561462]]Barry Holland|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary==[[The Things I Would Tell YouA little bit about Barry Holland: British Muslim Women Write by Sabrina Mahfouz]]=== [[image:5starhe was born in Newport, South Wales, to working-class parents.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]] What does it mean to be British He loves rugby and Muslim? This his son - his son is his favourite rugby player, which is just as it should be. He is a question these writers tackle with stunning clarityqualified engineer but is unable to work because of mental ill-health. Modern day British society has a varied sense All of cultural heritage; it these things feed into ''View from the Cheap Seats'', which is a society that is changing collection of poems and moving forward imaginings as it adds more vivid and immediate and striking as you could hope for. Barry sounds like a thoroughly nice bloke and more voices his book was a pleasure to the population, but it is also one that has an undercurrent of anxiety and fear towards those who are minoritiesread. So this collection displays how all that fear is received; it comes in the form }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Marshall EFT|title=The Book of stereotypical labels English Folk Tales|author=Sybil Marshall and racial prejudice, which are themes eloquently reproduced here. [[The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write by Sabrina MahfouzJohn Lawrence|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Holland -->[[image:Holland Cheapsummary=From ghosts to witches, to giants and fairies, ''The Book of English Folk Tales'' is a fascinating collection of stories retold by social historian and folklorist Sybil Marshall.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1524633127?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagOut of print for over three decades, this beautiful new clothbound edition is complete with wood-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1524633127]] engraved illustrations by John Lawrence and is sure to capture the attention of a new generation of lovers of folklore.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Trotman_Winter|title==[[View from Winter: A Book for the Cheap Seats by Barry Holland]]===Season [[image:4star.jpg|linkauthor=Category:{{{Felicity Trotman (editor)|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies=4|genre=Anthologies]] A little bit about Barry Holland: he was born in Newport|summary=This seasonal anthology contains a nice mixture of poetry, South Walesnature and travel pieces, to working class parentsand excerpts from longer works of fiction. He loves rugby Felicity Trotman, a freelance editor and his son - his son is his favourite rugby playermember of the English Civil War Society, which is just as it should be. He is a qualified engineer but is unable to work because of mental ill health. All of these things feed into ''View from the Cheap Seatshas arranged the material into three sections: 'The Old Year', 'Christmas, which is a collection of poems Sacred and imaginings as vivid Secular', and immediate and striking as you could hope for'The New Year'. Barry sounds like a thoroughly nice bloke This creates an appropriate sense of chronological progression and his book was a pleasure also serves to readmake Christmas the heart of the book.<br> <!Black-and- Marshall -->[[image:Marshall EFT.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazonwhite illustrations – maps, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and each author gets a short paragraph of biography and background.co.uk/gp/product/1468313177?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1468313177]]}}{{Frontpage|isbn===[[The Book of English Folk Tales by Sybil Marshall and John Lawrence]]===Elphinstone_Winter[[image:4star.jpg|linktitle=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:AnthologiesWinter Magic|Anthologies]], [[:Category:Short Storiesauthor=Abi Elphinstone (Editor)|Short Stories]]rating=3.5|genre=AnthologiesFrom ghosts |summary=With everything from dragons to mysterious crimes, voice-stealing witchesto time 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 with one or two good ones and is sure to capture the attention then a bunch of a new generation of lovers of folkloremediocre fillers, but this collection has no weak links... [[The Book of English Folk Tales by Sybil Marshall all the stories are good, and John Lawrence|Full Review]]<br> <br> <br> <!-- Trotman -->[[image:Trotman_Wintermost of them are brilliant.jpg|left|link=https://wwwI felt entirely caught up in each individual world as I read, loving the varied and extremely likeable heroines throughout.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1445664747?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1445664747]]}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Phinn_Virgin|title=The Virgin Mary's Got Nits|author=[[Winter: A Book for the Season by Felicity Trotman (editor)]]==Gervase Phinn|rating=4.5 [[image:3.5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]], [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] This seasonal anthology contains summary=Christmas in our house is the time we tend to get on a nice mixture of poetry, nature plane and travel pieceshead to either sun or snow, and excerpts anywhere that is far, far away from longer works of fiction. Felicity Trotmanthe madness at home, a freelance editor and member of last-minute dashes to the English Civil War Society, has arranged the material into three sections: 'The Old Year', 'shops on Christmas, Sacred Eve and Secular'food cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, and 'The New Year'nor a mere 36 hours. This creates an appropriate sense But I do remember the feeling of chronological progressionChristmas when I was younger, back when it was magical, and also serves to make back when you knew exactly what the season would bring with carol concerts and school nativities and Christmas the heart of the bookparties. Black-and-white illustrations – mapsThis book is an anthology of those moments, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and each author gets it took me right back to the wonder of Christmas as a short paragraph of biography and backgroundchild.<br>}}<!-- Elphinstone -->{{Frontpage[[image:Elphinstone_Winter.jpg|left|linkisbn=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471159809?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471159809]]Ayrton_Pasaran|title===[[Winter Magic by Abi Elphinstone (Editor)]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] With everything from dragons to mysterious crimes, voice-stealing witches to time travel, and magical worlds to first performances of world-famous ballets, this is a collection of short stories that delights from start to finish. Anthologies of short stories can sometimes fall flat, with one or two good ones and then a bunch of mediocre fillers, but this collection has no weak links...all the stories are good, and most of them are brilliant. I felt entirely caught up in each individual world as I read, loving the varied and extremely likeable heroines throughout. [[Winter Magic by Abi Elphinstone (Editor)|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Phinn -->[[image:Phinn_Virgin.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1444779400?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1444779400]] ===[[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] Christmas in our house is the 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, last minute dashes to the shops on Christmas Eve, and food cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, nor a mere 36 hours. But I do remember the feeling of Christmas when I was younger, back when it was magical, and back when you knew exactly what the season would bring with carol concerts and school nativities and Christmas parties. This book is an anthology of those moments, and it took me right back to No Pasaran: Writings from the wonder of Christmas as a child. [[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn|Full Review]]<br> {{newreviewSpanish Civil War|author= Pete Ayrton (editor) |title= No Pasaran: Writings from the Spanish Civil War|rating= 4|genre= Anthologies|summary= 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184668997X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Edwards_Manor|title=Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics)

|genre=Crime (Historical)Anthologies|summary=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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0712309934</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Colfer_Place|title=Once Upon a Place

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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Cleeves_Murder|title=The 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>