Book news and reviews from the Westmorland Gazette

Lady Bragg wins 2011 Lakeland Book of the Year

3:40pm Tuesday 5th July 2011

CATE Haste, the wife of veteran arts broadcaster and writer Lord Bragg, has won the 2011 Lakeland Book of the Year competition with her biography of tragic Cumbrian artist Sheila Fell.

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New book questions background of Ulverston's comic son Stan Laurel

4:10pm Tuesday 5th July 2011

A NEW book about Ulverston-born comic genius Stan Laurel claims he could have been the grandson of a wealthy, philandering solicitor.

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Review: Curious Cumbrian Walks by Graham Dugdale

4:45pm Tuesday 21st June 2011

Next time I go running over Cunswick Fell I will do so with some trepidation.

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Review: L’Auberge by Julia Stagg

4:47pm Tuesday 21st June 2011

FEISTY, authentic and very gripping, this novel, written by a woman living in Austwick

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New book looks at how Kendal has changed over the years

6:20pm Wednesday 15th June 2011

HISTORIC Kendal is being celebrated in a new book based on a popular Westmorland Gazette column by local historian Arthur Nicholls.

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North Lancashire man pens book about adders

9:00am Thursday 2nd June 2011

THE first major colour book that gets up close with Britain’s only venomous snake has been written by a north Lancashire man.

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Kendal author lifts lid on youth hostel romps

8:50am Thursday 26th May 2011

A CONTROVERSIAL author whose book features sexual encounters in squeaky youth hostel beds claims he has been unfairly censored.

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Review: Moving Forward, by Mary-Clare Armitstead

4:56pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

TRADITIONAL poetic structures are broken down in this autobiographical work, which exposes an Ulverston woman’s thoughts and feelings during her fight to find happiness

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Review: Dales Way, by Colin Speakman

4:53pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

AS A Yorkshireman now living in Kendal, this book really captured my imagination.

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Review: Lakeland Yesterday Volume 2, by Irvine Hunt

4:46pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

VETERAN journalist Irvine Hunt has sourced some fascinating photographs to illustrate this wonderful dip into Lake District history.

Review: The Proof of Love, by Catherine Hall

4:43pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

EMBEDDED within this passionate novel is the popular theme of innocence contrasted with experience - the two leading characters embody both sides of the scale.

Review: Voices of the Lake District, by Jayne Renouf and Rob David

4:39pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

BRITISH author Leslie Hartley famously wrote that ‘the past is a foreign country; they do things differently there’.

Review: Walking the Scottish borders and East Lothain, by Mary Welsh and Christine Isherwood

4:34pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

GAZETTE walks writer Mary Welsh teams up with Christine Isherwood for the 19th volume of the Walking Scotland series, providing a wonderful collection of walks in an often overlooked area.

Review: Moon in Leo, by Kathleen Herbert

4:27pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

AS a lover of period literature, I found this novel an extremely fascinating and humorous read.

Review: Bird watching in the Lake District and the coast of Cumbria, by David Watson

4:23pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

THIS delightful and lavishly illustrated book will suit both nature lovers and recreational walkers seeking new inspirational locations.

Review: College for all, by Maurice Dybeck

4:45pm Friday 13th May 2011

IN THIS worthy book, Kirkby Lonsdale writer and filmmaker Maurice Dybeck looks back on the first 21 years of the Sawtry Village College in Huntingdon, where he was once warden.

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Review: Slaughter, by Ann Ginty

4:42pm Friday 13th May 2011

Slaughter: Anne Ginty, £8.99