Portobello Book Blog

Finding Home is a gorgeous read which I enjoyed immensely from the very first page. It’s obvious straightaway what a kind and selfless person Mim is when she offers to drive stranded couple Bill and Bea Howard home in time for their niece’s wedding. This isn’t just a quick drive across town. No, this is … More Finding Home by Kate Field #bookreview @katehaswords @rararesources @0neMoreChapter_

I’m delighted to be helping to reveal the cover for a book by an author whose novels I enjoy very much. The Memory Box by Kathryn Hughes will be published by Headline Review in ebook format on 5th August with the paperback version following in November. Without further ado, here is the gorgeous cover! Now, … More #CoverReveal – The Memory Box by Kathryn Hughes – @KHughesAuthor @headlinepg #MemoryBox

When visiting his Wigtown bookshop, which is a must see if you are in the area when it’s open again, I bought Sean Bythell’s first book, The Diary of Bookseller. I found it to be a very entertaining read so bought and enjoyed his second book, Confessions of a Bookseller too. When I spotted he … More Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell #bookreview @ProfileBooks

How can people follow you or connect with you on social media? I’m mostly on Instagram: @lucy_k_author But also on Twitter: @Lucy_K_Author And also on Facebok: @lucykeelingbooks And finally, if you could be a character in any book you have read, who would it be and why? I’m so sorry to pick one of my … More #AuthorInTheSpotlight Lucy Keeling – Just Friends in Vegas – @Lucy_K_Author @ChocLitUK

In my Author Spotlight today is John Gerard Fagan who is chatting about his memoir, Fish Town, based on his time living in Japan. Thanks for joining me John. First of all, would you tell my blog readers a little about yourself? Hello. My name is John Gerard Fagan. I’m a writer from Muirhead, just … More #AuthorInTheSpotlight – John Gerard Fagan – Fish Town – @JohnGerardFagan

The Thin Place is a gripping thriller from CD Major which weaves together the stories of three people. In the 1930s we have Marion West who comes to live in Overtoun, a large stately home in Scotland. In the present day, Ava is the protagonist. She is a journalist who is intrigued by the stories … More The Thin Place by C D Major #bookreview @cescamajor

I’m joined by American author Alex Rosenberg who is a professor of philosophy at Duke University in North Carolina. he is sharing Ten Things about himself that his readers might like to know. He has a new book coming in July, In The Shadows of Enigma, but he is also talking about some of his … More #TenThings about author Alex Rosenberg – In the Shadows of Enigma – @JHPFiction

Paul Anthony Jones is the author of several books on trivia and language including The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities, The Accidental Dictionary, Word Drops, The British Isles: A Trivia Gazetteer, Haggard Hawks & Paltry Poltroons and its sequel, Jedburgh Justice & Kentish Fire. He appears regularly in the Telegraph online, BBC Radio 4’s World at One, Buzzfeed, the Huffington Post and Mental Floss, and has … More Paperback publication day for The Cabinet of Calm: Soothing Words for Troubled Times by Paul Anthony Jones #bookreview @paulanthjones @haggardhawks @EandTBooks

It’s always a pleasure to read a book by a local author and with Grahame Howard living in Portobello, he couldn’t be much more local! I’m pleased to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Coda, Fantaisie and an Intermezzo. The book is made up of three short stories, although with the first being almost 200 pages, … More Coda, Fantaisie and an Intermezzo by Grahame CW Howard #bookreview @GrahameCWHoward @pegasuspublish