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.
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Lesley Atherton
- Mar 3, 2021
- 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.
Lesley Atherton
- Feb 7, 2021
- 4 min
Review of 'Words, Thoughts, Observations' by JR Easton
Richard Easton was in my year at high school. Though our form rooms were a few steps across the corridor, I didn’t know him, but almost...
Lesley Atherton
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
Book Review: Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children
7 September 2019 Tales from Firesides Generations Past Review of Duncan Williamson's 'Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children' 'Fireside...
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- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
Why Do We Love Crime Drama?
If you’re looking for a morally flawed, highly controversial character, with twists and turns galore to reignite your love of the genre...
Lesley Atherton
- Jan 26, 2021
- 4 min
Words Are Life: How It All Began...
Five years ago I decided to come out of the woodwork and admit to the world at large that I am a writer. One thing leads to another...
Lesley Atherton
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
Ideas... Too Odd, Too Many, Too Few
A week ago I started watching ‘Stranger Things’ and have now reached the end of what’s currently available on Netflix. I resisted the sh
Lesley Atherton
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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
- Jan 26, 2021
- 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,
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