Here are links to recent book reviews I’ve published on this website. Look out for more soon.

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Mar 7, 2025

Review: The Newsmongers -- two reviews in one!

Mar 7, 2025

was intrigued to discover that a popular news magazine of the sixties had been anticipated by Defoe.

Mar 7, 2025

Mar 5, 2025

Review: The Shortest History of Music

Mar 5, 2025

The Music Programme of Study requires students to have an understanding of the music that they perform and to which they listen, and its history, and an appreciation of different musical styles.

Mar 5, 2025

Review: How to think like a poet (two reviews in one!)

Mar 5, 2025

In all, twenty three poets are considered, and they constitute a wide variety: alongside the usual ones like Milton and Chaucer, we find Sappho and Basho. Each chapter is a mixture of biography and quotations.

Mar 5, 2025

Feb 11, 2025

Quick looks: The Oxford Book of Caribbean Stories

Feb 11, 2025

One of the things I think can add to one’s enjoyment and also improve one’s writing is to read stories from other cultures.

Feb 11, 2025

Jan 15, 2025

My reviews published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024

Jan 15, 2025

This pdf contains the reviews of mine that were published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024.

Jan 15, 2025

Jan 10, 2025

Compare and contrast: Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels across the World of Literature

Jan 10, 2025

Here are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.

Jan 10, 2025

Compare and contrast: Hitler’s People – The Faces of the Third Reich

Jan 10, 2025

Here are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.

Jan 10, 2025

Compare and contrast: Review of How to Teach Literature – and Still Love Reading

Jan 10, 2025

Here are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.

Jan 10, 2025

Compare and contrast: Review of Dickens: The Funny Bits

Jan 10, 2025

Here are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.

Jan 10, 2025

Oct 8, 2024

Compare and contrast: Picture Perfect

Oct 8, 2024

As indicated by the title, the first thing to know about this anthology is that it comprises both poetry and prose, rather than one or the other. Many of the pieces are quite unusual...

Oct 8, 2024

Book review round-up to August 2019

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