2021 January Favourites // Literary Podcasts and media exploring mother-daughter relationships.

Can you believe that we're nearing the end of the first month of 2021? January simultaneously felt like 5 minutes and 5 years long but I guess that's just the Lockdown Experience™ now. I thought it might be a good idea to list some of my favourite pieces of media I came across this month. …

Introducing Positives in Publishing: A new weekly segment highlighting all the positives in the industry.

All non-essential retail shops across England have now been shut for another month-long lockdown this November. This comes as a brutal blow to the industry that was just beginning to adjust to a "new normal." Readers will once again have to look for books through a screen rather than the full and inviting shelves of …

Book Review: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

If you're an avid listener of The High Low, (a current affairs and pop-culture podcast hosted by Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes) then like me, Alderton's fiction debut Ghosts has been on your radar ever since its announcement. Alderton's first book, award-winning memoir Everything I know about Love (2018), was a lens into Alderton's life …

Book Review: Heartburn by Nora Ephron

The weather in the UK has been absolutely dreadful as of late, but as we approach another month of lockdown it's perhaps a good thing that the outside will most likely be pouring it down for the remainder of the year. What do I like to do when it's cold and dreary outside? Grab my …

Hello!

Hi there, my name is Erika and I never know what to write when it comes to first posts. (Does anyone even do introductory posts anymore?) I've lost count of how many blogs I've made in an attempt to have an online presence where I just write, write, and write. Regardless, I hope that this …