Louise Gornall is stopping by the blog today with a mini-interview as part of the blog tour for her incredible #OwnVoices debut novel Under Rose Tainted Skies. She's here to talk about menta… Read More
Trevor Baylis (1937 – )
The radio is a wonderful invention. It provides company to the lonely, disseminates information and forms of entertainment and allows nations to talk to nation… Read More
Review: Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven (Proof) - Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed 'America's Fattest Teen'. But no one's taken the time to look past he… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme run by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is a Thanksgiving freebie, and I've decided to talk about the books I'm immensely thankful for. Som… Read More
It’s seems ages since I was properly noticed.
Actually it’s all my fault – to get noticed you need to do something to earn it.
The last time I prolifically b… Read More
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (proof) - Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps—gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disappear forever. So when young, beautiful Roza went mis… Read More
So it's come to the end of the year, and again I want to look back over the year on Once Upon a Bookcase and my reading, and what I'm looking forward to in 2017.Favourite Books of 2016:Fave… Read More
The British Water Cooler Association Conference is the largest annual UK water cooler conference and trade show, and will take place from 22nd March to the 23rd March 2017 at the Nottingham… Read More
A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom (bought) - The heart-rending and inspiring novel from the critically acclaimed author of NOT IF I SEE YOU FIRST.How can you have a future if you… Read More
On Sunday night, the day before Martin Luther King Day, I watched my friend Barbra Niven on a Facebook Live broadcast. She was doing several things. First, she was with her… Read More
As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. Though there are many people both smart and generous, it is not until a specific, difficult situation arises that they are driven to solve… Read More
With only 14 working days until the debut of Microsoft Partner Summit, it’s a great time to take a look at a bird’s eye view of the experience on offer.
This year&rsquo… Read More
Today, I thought I'd share the UKYA novels we have that feature mental illness. As regular readers will know, I'm really passionate about diverse books, and more recently, interectionality w… Read More
Review: The Art of Feeling by Laura Tims (Bought) - Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven’s New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places, this contemporary YA novel explores the friend… Read More
With the recent release of the Netflix movie To All the Boys I've Loved Before, based on the YA novel of the same name by Jenny Han - which, by the way, is incredible, and if you haven't see… Read More
Photo: David Gomez
By Martine Ehrenclou
John Mayall has served as a pioneer of blues music for over 50 years and is known as “The Godfather of British Blues.” In the 1960s, the E… Read More
When Johanna Basford, the illustrator behind the Secret Garden colouring book received her OBE – Order of the British Empire –, Prince William shared a secret with her. He let sl… Read More
The island of Ireland has produced some of the worlds best sports stars in different sports. From road racing to football, Ireland is known for being a great sporting nation.
Below you will… Read More
PHOTOS: EFCC arrests six suspected internet fraudsters in LagosPHOTOS: EFCC arrests six suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos
Six suspected internet fraudsters have been apprehended by th… Read More
Early movie-goers enjoying a silent film(Source: Katherine Linley – emaze)
Silent Cinema was the earliest era of cinema, lasting approximately from 1895 – with early experimen… Read More
John Amaechi Height – How Tall Is John Amaechi?
How Tall Is John Amaechi? John Amaechi Height is 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) (Tall or Tallest), John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi, OBE is a psyc… Read More
Three arrested while going for robbery operation in Ogun
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three men while on their way to carry out a robbery operation.
The trio… Read More