Inspiration Journal
As a reader, I’m constantly reading new novels and non-fiction, and as a writer, I love to attend author events and talks. But as a magazine journalist - schooled in the art of the visual - I’m also attracted to atmospheric images and inspirations, so …
Here’s my round-up of book reviews, author talks, literary events, visits to bookish places of interest and yes - a dash of visual and sensory inspiration, too.
Book review: Seascraper by Benjamin Wood (Penguin/Viking, £14.99)
Longlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2025, SEASCRAPER by Benjamin Wood is an elegant and sparely written novel set on a lonesome shoreline, delicately observing a young man’s hopes and dreams for the future.
Book review: The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller (Sceptre, £20)
Andrew Miller’s perfect evocation of the freezing winter of 1962/63, focussing on two couples, both expecting their first baby, is a pitch-perfect observation of marriage, steeped in period detail.