Antonia Hodgson : BookerTalk

Six Degrees of Separation

From terror to persecution in six links

December 2, 2017July 1, 2021 BookerTalk 17 Comments Antonia Hodgson, Charles Dickens, Emma Donaghue, Lynne Reid Banks, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Oscar Wilde

Six books form a chain from terrified children to a falsely imprisoned author.

Bookends Top Ten Tuesday

10 under rated books

January 17, 2017July 1, 2021 BookerTalk 57 Comments African authors, Antonia Hodgson, Dinaw Mengestu, Donal Ryan, Jim Crace, Kwei Quartey, Machado de Assis, Michael Orthofer, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Stanley Middleton, Yewande Omotoso

Which books deserve more attention? Here are 10 suggestions for ones to take a closer look at

Classics Club IMPAC Dublin Award Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Sunday Salon

5 Reasons to be cheerful

June 21, 2015 BookerTalk 23 Comments Antonia Hodgson, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Jerwood Fiction Uncovered, Lavie Tidhar, Man Booker Prize

I’m often guilty of using this site to grumble so I thought I’d change tack and for share some positive news

Book Reviews historical fiction

The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson

June 9, 2015June 15, 2015 BookerTalk 16 Comments Antonia Hodgson, historical fiction

A foul putrid stench poured into the yard — so thick and strong we all cried out as one, turning our

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