Isabel Rogers

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Guest Author – Isabel Rogers on Writing about Music

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ February 13, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

This week I am more than usually thrilled to welcome poet, wit and newly hatched novelist Isabel Rogers back to the Literary Sofa. Last week’s moving piece by Catherine Simpson on Writing about Mental Health was a wonderful start to the series of guest posts by authors of titles from my First Sofa Spotlight of … Continue reading →

The First Sofa Spotlight of 2019

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ January 23, 2019 ⋅ 8 Comments

Moving on from a near-exclusive focus on new releases has been great for my reading but I still love making exciting discoveries in the constant flow of new titles. My first selection of 2019 consists of six novels set between the 18th century and the present day via several decades of the twentieth, plus a … Continue reading →

Guest Author – Isabel Rogers on What a Poet can teach a Novelist

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ January 13, 2016 ⋅ 14 Comments

This morning I found myself simultaneously emptying the dishwasher, waiting for an insurance company to answer the phone and thinking about poetry. I will not pretend this is my life. (OK, it is, apart from the poetry bit.) I was trying to mentally compose an introduction worthy of the Literary Sofa’s first visit by a … Continue reading →