Persephone Update 10

hjelliot has very kindly provided us with another review, this time for Miss Ranskill Comes Home by Barbara Euphan Todd: Miss Ranskill Comes Home begins with a burial. It is a bleak beginning however ridiculous, but we know she is rescued and returns to ‘civilization.’ This return, a return she has dreamt of all these [...]

Bookshops III

My third post in my Bookshops series is appropriate for Persephone Reading Week as it is Persephone Books. The Lamb’s Conduit Street shop and office is one of my favourite places -not just shops or bookshops- to visit in London, not least because I emerge each time with at least one beautiful Persephone clutched to [...]

Persephone Update 9

Yesterday’s prize-draw winner has been announced. Congratulations! For a chance of winning those last two remaining copies of Good Evening, Mrs Craven then please comment on this post each day between this morning and midnight tomorrow. Good luck! As for today’s links: we excitingly have a review of forthcoming Persephone title, High Wages by Dorothy [...]

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

In February I reviewed the film adaptation of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, a review that prompted me to write and maintain my blog. Without having watched this delightful film (after discovering the book the previous April) then I may not have been inspired to blog and I would not be co-hosting Persephone Reading [...]

Persephone Quiz

To launch Persephone Reading Week, Verity and I have each composed a quiz for you to complete. My quiz will be open until Friday 5pm GMT and please email me your answers, all of which can be found on the Persephone Books website. The prize I am offering is the stunning Persephone Classics edition of [...]

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