
Lesley Atherton
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Review of Shaun Fallow's 'Access-Ability'
Wigan poet, Shaun Fallows, has produced one of the quirkiest and most thought-provoking books of poetry I’ve ever read.

Lesley Atherton
- 3 min
Review of Three Books by Samantha Turner
I recently got hold of three books by Wigan writer, Samantha Turner, and they are three glossy-covered and slim volumes.

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My Favourite Childhood Book - Rumer Godden's The Diddakoi - by Lesley Atherton
Rumer Godden's 'The Diddakoi' was made into a children's TV series called Kizzy when I was a little girl, and I couldn't tear myself away..

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Review of '344 A Story of the Pretoria Pit Disaster' by Andrea Jane Finney
Below is a review of a book published in 2011 about the Pretoria Pit Disaster which appeared in Wigan Heritage Service’s Bulletin "PAST...

Lesley Atherton
- 1 min
Why We Should All Be Cooking 'Recipes From The Past'
I happened upon this little book recipes by chance, and was drawn to so much about it. Firstly, the format. ‘Recipes From The Past’ is a...

Lesley Atherton
- 1 min
Fred Smith - Read All About Him
We're now chuffed to bits to announce that you can purchase 'Milk to Motorways' by Fred Smith in our store.

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Review of 'Letters to Paul' by Keith Hachtel
The story is a one-sided insight into the suffering of Lacie as she communicates with Paul - a young man who is introduced to us while lying

Lesley Atherton
- 4 min
Viva Miss Merryweather - Watch Out - Brexit / Politics Alert
Joanne Merryweather’s speech to the Republican-Democratic Party Conference in Blackpool, 2021, promised to be quite a spectacle. Not only be

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Review of 'The Loves of a Liverpool Lad' by Peter McGeehan
This book is the story of Liam Parry, and he is quite a guy! Throughout the course of the book, he enjoys psychiatric nurse training, nursin

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Review of 'Hard Times' by Charles Dickens
What is the point in writing yet another review of a classic? None. Other than for personal satisfaction and as a reminder of what I...

Lesley Atherton
- 3 min
Review of 'The Last Runaway' by Tracy Chevalier
‘The Last Runaway’ was written in 2013 and was selected for me to read by my teenage daughter. She was hovering around the historical ficti

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Review of Three Books Published by ‘Never Such Innocence’ and 'Forgotten Heroes Foundation'
I came across the organisation ‘Never Such Innocence’ when my 13 year old daughter, Morrigan, decided to enter their 2018 art competition wi

Lesley Atherton
- 3 min
'Moving Times' by Phoenix Writers
The first thing you notice is that it is a very attractive book with a simple but well-designed and effective cover. This really does the co

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Review of 'Poetic Desire' by Jackie Hutchinson
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This collection of poetry, compiled in 2017, was inspired by many things.

Lesley Atherton
- 1 min
Review of 'Light Reading Poetry' by Peter McGeehan
Over 40 poems which vary from the sublime to the ridiculous.
The sublimity of ‘The Swan’ – for example:"Majestic, pure white vessel,
Glidi

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Review of 'Tales from the Plots' by David Jackson
The book begins with the statement “These stories of allotment life draw on the author’s own experiences as an allotment gardener of over 30

Lesley Atherton
- 1 min
Review of 'Caging the Stars' by David Jackson
27 short poems - and almost every one jumped off the page at me! I’m a lapsed musician so ‘The Bass’ spoke to me, especially the final

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Review of Light Reading Stories, Vol 1' by Peter McGeehan
This is the first of Peter’s short story books published under the title of ‘Light Reading’ - but is the second I have read. How typical o

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Review of 'Light Reading Stories, Vol 2' by Peter McGeehan
I have heard Peter McGeehan read his work in person on a great many occasions, and his touching and humorous short stories are always w

Lesley Atherton
- 3 min
Review of 'Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play' by Mark Foister
I love books like this. They basically buy into what I’ve always felt - that work and play are seriously allied. Work is best when seen as