astrols Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Really good thread! Will enjoy trying many of these titles. Here's my contribution - The Captive Queen by Jean Plaidy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft ayperth Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) I have written my memoir - due to be published this Aug. It is set in the mid 40s to late 60s in Sheffield, where I grew up. If anyone would like to be kept informed about its progress please PM me and/or see the websites below. I am particularly interested in hearing about people who would be willing to participate in a book blogging tour that I am intending to conduct after the book's launch. Here is the web site for the book: http://www.startingtoframe.com/ (blogging strongly encouraged) And fb: https://www.facebook.com/startingtoframe (feel free to "like," "comment" and "share.") Edited July 14, 2014 by soft ayperth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldforester Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 So on a completely different tack, having looked at your website, I see you've put out a Kindle edition of Spirit of Old Essex by Arthur Morrison, but it doesn't seem to be available on Amazon any more - will it be available again at some point? I've read A Child of the Jago, and Hole in the Wall, and some of the Martin Hewitt stories but not those two books. Did you think, as I do, that Morrison's stuff lacks empathy with the class he writes about, and is thus patronising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Did you think, as I do, that Morrison's stuff lacks empathy with the class he writes about, and is thus patronising? It's about 20 or 30 years since I read them and I don't remember thinking that at the time, but I was a lot younger then so I might not even have considered the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekay1 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Added a review of Lesley Glaister's Trick or Treat. "Rich, complex characters" Last of the Summer Wine meets 2013 BBC drama Mayday. A rather melancholy tale, but strangely life-affirming. See: http://stevek1889.blogspot.co.uk/ Thanks Astrol: The Captive Queen added to list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHRemovals Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 rotherham and conisbrough where the setting for parts of ivanhoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldforester Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Ah yes. " In that pleasant district of merry England, which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster." The opening words of Ivanhoe. Wonder what Walter would make of it today?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Ah, yes, Ivanhoe. The gardening classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldforester Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Ah, yes, Ivanhoe. The gardening classic. Let us not go down that road....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekay1 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Review of Freshers by Kevin Sampson added - wouldn't have made it to the end but for this public-spirited endeavour I've embarked upon! I've read it so you don't have to. http://stevek1889.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/sheffield-novels.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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