Review: Little Sister by Isabel Ashdown

Review: Little Sister by Isabel Ashdown

Apr 7, 2020 | Review

What better way to get too involved in a novel than choosing one that is set just outside your front door? This psychological thriller takes place on the Isle of Wight, seemingly a place of safety and tranquillity, but old family secrets emerge to disrupt the lives of...
Review: Stealing Roses by Heather Cooper

Review: Stealing Roses by Heather Cooper

Apr 6, 2020 | Review

A young woman, a railway and the inevitability of marriage. Cooper’s debut novel seamlessly transports you to 19th century Cowes as if you had walked the high street and found the studio of the Professor of Photography yourself. The story is centred around the coming...
A Word from the Author: The Wihtwara Trilogy

A Word from the Author: The Wihtwara Trilogy

Apr 5, 2020 | From the Author

Jan Harper-Whale is the author of The Wihtwara Trilogy, an historical fiction series set on the Isle of Wight. She has released the first two books, The Wihtwara and Berandinzium Villam, and is currently working on the third, The Wihtwara Dynasty. Below she shares the...
Review: The Isle of Wight’s Missing Chapter by James Rayner

Review: The Isle of Wight’s Missing Chapter by James Rayner

Apr 4, 2020 | Review

Did you know that in 1891 Mahatma Gandhi travelled to the Island to give a speech to the Ventnor Vegetarian Society? He trembled with fright and, unable to utter a single word, passed the speech to his lawyer-friend to finish! Or that the orphaned Prince Alemayehu of...