Yes, it’s a special year for a famous lady who’s been around, comparatively, for a while. She’s keen on parties and celebrations and has...

Most of the books I read when I was a child were about middle-class English children. When a child from another culture appeared it was ge...

Today Awfully Big Reviews welcomes author Saviour Pirotta as a Reviewer. Saviour is known for his own storytelling in schools and for his ho...

At about the age of seven I discovered Matthew Arnold's poem The Forsaken Merman. It's a romantic poem based on a Scandinavian leg...

Opening a book by a favourite author is a mixed moment. Will it be as good as other titles or differently good – or just that tiny bit d...

This lovely, poetic story for younger children has a classic feel to it. Lucy's grandfather tells her about Lob, who helps him in his...

My Secret Unicorn, a series by Linda Chapman, is hugely appealing to many young girls. The first story, The Magic Spell, winningly combine...

One of my favourite comic literary ideas is Douglas Adams’s Infinite Improbability Drive, which enables a spaceship to travel infinitely imp...

  I once went to a weekend wedding where the bride, groom and a few of the guests played Crazy Golf on the Hastings seafront...