Two sagas and six Books!l

Last week saw the fourth anniversary of the publication of my first book - "New Beginnings in Vancouver Island" and today sees the third and final book in this Colville series with "Farewell to Vancouver Island". It tells Sam Gray's story in the Fraser River goldfields. When I stop to think about it, that's six… Continue reading Two sagas and six Books!l

“Agnes Grey” – Anne Brontë

A review of Anne Bronte's "Agens Grey" published in 1848 under the name of Acton Bell.

Punch Vol. 27, July to Dec. 1854 – “The Perpetual Youth of the Women of England”.

I came across this tongue in cheek article and thought it illuminating on attitudes towards women in the mid-19th Century which is the period in which my novel, "New Beginnings on Vancouver Island" is set. "It appears from the Census that the people of Great Britain are the youngest in the world. We are not… Continue reading Punch Vol. 27, July to Dec. 1854 – “The Perpetual Youth of the Women of England”.