Stories for Homes

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My Books of 2017

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ December 11, 2017 ⋅ 12 Comments

This is one of the most fun posts to write but it’s also difficult, when I spend the entire year featuring books I’ve really enjoyed and rated here on the Literary Sofa. So please do look beyond today’s list of my personal favourites to the many brilliant guest author posts I’ve hosted in 2017, which … Continue reading →

Launch of Stories for Homes 2 – an anthology in aid of Shelter

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ November 27, 2017 ⋅ 5 Comments

On Saturday night I took part in a fantastic event supported by the Folkestone Book Festival: the paperback launch of the second volume of Stories For Homes, an anthology of 55 short stories, poems and flash fictions on the inexhaustible theme of ‘home’, in aid of UK housing and homelessness charity Shelter. Like the original … Continue reading →

Sofa Spotlight – Autumn 2017

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ September 26, 2017 ⋅ 6 Comments

Welcome to the Autumn 2017 Sofa Spotlight, my quarterly selection of titles which have really stood out amongst the many I read. In real life I’m always being asked about my latest discoveries and this slot is a kind of virtual version of that conversation*. This is a short but varied list, with a story … Continue reading →

The Story behind Stories for Homes – an anthology in aid of Shelter

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ December 7, 2013 ⋅ 9 Comments

You could say this post is a promoblog, or a literad. Whatever it is, featuring a title with the express aim of encouraging people to buy it is not something I’ve done before on the Literary Sofa, but I hope you’ll soon see why I’m making an exception. This week saw the publication of the … Continue reading →