A Strong Belief in Wicker

Nonfiction November is about to take over the world again. Here in the blog world it is hosted by Doing Dewey , Julz Reads , Sarah'...

I'm really quite obsessed with Joan. It's an impossible story. Fantastic. Extraordinary. Almost surreal. But it seems to be rea...

January 2014 has been a big Dahl month at Chez Wicker. I'm reading three of his books, one associated book, been listening to his books ...

Perhaps I should try and read something more learn-ed when travelling, but I do enjoy the Horrible Histories franchise, and had alread...

I'm a great fan of Horrible Histories on the tele. There are many, many books of course, and like most things the books came fi...

It's quite hard for me to put aside my Paris obsession and concentrate on other cities for my upcoming Grand Tour. But sometimes it...

I was very excited about this title when it came out last year, it's a shame that it's taken me so long to read it. It's a fa...

Captain James Cook is perhaps one of Australia's most famous early explorers. It's almost impossible to grow up here and not k...

I've long been obsessed by the notion of Antarctica. Back when I was 20 I decided to write an action thriller set in Antarctica. I...

Browsing through my library catalogue checking out books for Paris in July I came across Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Paris and knew tha...