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Review: Different Like Delia

Ann Marie King and Ava Murphy (authors) Olya Golubeva (Illustrator) Different Like Delia King’s Kottage Press, December 2020 Hardback, 32PP, €16.95 ISBN: 9780578741420 Picturebook, 0-4, 5-7 years Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Five-year-old Delia lives in San Francisco and dreams of becoming a world-famous fashion designer. When Delia begins to stutter, she loses all of herContinue reading “Review: Different Like Delia”

Review: Here Be Dragons

Susannah Lloyd (author) Paddy Donnelly (illustrator) Here Be Dragons Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, February 2021 Paperback, 40PP, £6.99 ISBN: 9780711256613 Picturebook, 0-4, 5-7 years. Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Here Be Dragons is a charming medieval fantasy picturebook about a clueless knight and his intelligent steed, who are on a quest to find and slay aContinue reading “Review: Here Be Dragons”

Review: Queen of Coin and Whispers

Helen Corcoran Queen of Coin and Whispers The O’Brien Press, 1st June 2020 Paperback, 464PP, €12.99/£11.99 ISBN: 9781788491181 Young Adult Fiction Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Eighteen-year-old Lia has just ascended to the throne of Edar after the death of her corrupt uncle, and she is not sure who to trust. When she decides to lookContinue reading “Review: Queen of Coin and Whispers”

Review: The Nothing Man

Catherine Ryan Howard The Nothing Man Corvus, 6th August 2020 Kindle eBook, 291PP, £5.99 ISBN: 978 1 7864 9660 7 Adult, Crime Fiction, Thriller Review by Joanna Geoghegan There have been many books written by those affected by unsolved crimes – what happens when the perpetrator, still on the loose, gets their hands on a memoirContinue reading “Review: The Nothing Man”

Review: Star Trek Discovery – Aftermath

Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson Illustrated by Tony Shasteen and Angel Hernandez Star Trek: Discovery – Aftermath IDW Publishing, April 2020 Paperback, 96 pages, £12.99 ISBN 9781684056507 Graphic Novel, Science Fiction, Young Adult Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Star Trek: Discovery – Aftermath chronicles the efforts of Captain Pike and Chancellor L’Rell to bring about peaceContinue reading “Review: Star Trek Discovery – Aftermath”