Book Recommendations

The Tokoloshe

Many years ago, I read a book in Michelle Paver’s The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness which had a being known as a Tokoloshe in it. On seeing it mentioned again during a TV documentary, I thought it was time to do a little investigation…

I’m Owl About Them Owls

After reading Alan Garner’s “The Owl Service” recently I went on to learn about the Welsh myth of Blodeuwedd. Then I went on a deep-dive into the folklore surrounding owls…

Wintry Reading

Now come the days of taking shelter with something booky with the heating turned up or swathed in a duvet chrysalis. Here are some of the books I like to revisit in autumn and winter.