Today I’m delighted to be shining a spotlight on Anna Belfrage’s recently released novel, Her Castilian Heart, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Her Castilian Heart is the third in Anna's Castilian series. Blood is not always thicker than water… At times a common bloodline is something of … Continue reading Her Castilian Heart by Anna Belfrage
Author: Catherine Meyrick
My Reading – November 2022
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John BoyneLong ago before we had discovered that he had fathered two children by two different women, one in Drimoleague and one in Clonakilty, Father James Monroe stood on the altar of the Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, in the parish of Goleen, West Cork, and denounced … Continue reading My Reading – November 2022
Putting Words in their Mouths – Writing historical fiction based on real lives
At the Springs, Mount Wellington c.1880 Last month I was invited by the writer, Jean M Roberts to contribute a post about my latest novel to her blog, The Book’s Delight. My post looks at the challenges I faced trying to write accurately and honestly about the characters of my novel and not treat them as … Continue reading Putting Words in their Mouths – Writing historical fiction based on real lives
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Some thoughts on re-reading
I recently re-read Pride and Prejudice, a book I last read some time in the mid-1970s. In the intervening years, I have watched a couple of film adaptations but haven’t been struck giddy by the story. And I have no particular fascination for the Regency period. When I think of that period I don’t think … Continue reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Some thoughts on re-reading
Book Review – Father by Allan Hudson
Father, by Canadian writer Allan Hudson, is set during World War 2 and follows the experiences of Tanner Hill from 1942 through to his return home after the war. This novella starts with a prologue detailing the arrival of two Hill brothers in Canada in the 1840s and the lives they build for themselves in … Continue reading Book Review – Father by Allan Hudson
Squire’s Hazard by Carolyn Hughes
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Carolyn Hughes’s recently released novel, Squire’s Hazard, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Squire’s Hazard is the fifth in Carolyn’s series the Meonbridge Chronicle set in the Meon Valley, Hampshire in the fourteenth century. The waters of the river … Continue reading Squire’s Hazard by Carolyn Hughes
A Shape on the Air by Julia Ibbotson
Today I’m delighted to be shining a spotlight on Julia Ibbotson’s time-slip mystery, A Shape on the Air, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. A Shape on the Air is the first book in Julia’s Dr DuLac series. A haunting Anglo-Saxon time-slip of mystery and romance Can echoes … Continue reading A Shape on the Air by Julia Ibbotson
My Reading – October 2022
The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan (More detail on this play below)A prisoner sings: he is in one of the punishment cells. A hungry feeling came o’er me stealing, And the mice were squealing in my prison cell, And that old triangle, Went jingle jangle, All along the banks of the Royal Canal. A Shape … Continue reading My Reading – October 2022
Island of Dreams by Harry Duffin
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Harry Duffin’s soon to be released novel, Island of Dreams, as as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Island of Dreams is set in Cuba in the 1940s and 1950s. The harbour side was alive with humanity, loitering in the … Continue reading Island of Dreams by Harry Duffin
The Godmother’s Secret by Elizabeth St.John
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Elizabeth St.John’s newly released novel, The Godmother’s Secret, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. King Edward died suddenly, and Lady Elysabeth Scrope was commanded by his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to escort Prince Edward to the Palace of … Continue reading The Godmother’s Secret by Elizabeth St.John
Catherine Meyrick 