Last January, and the January before, we held lovely parties to celebrate Margery Sharp’s birthday. Here’s a little taste of last year’s event: Karen read ‘The Nutmeg Tree’ and said: “I have to say that my first experience of reading Margery Sharp was a wonderful one. Her prose is lovely, easy to read and thoroughly engaging, and her […]
There are so many books in the world, the accumulation of years and years of authors writing away, and that is lovely for devoted readers, but it can also be a little worrying. How do we know that we have found the very best books for us? How do we know that the very best […]
I cant’s quite believe it, but I can see that it’s true. Thank you Open Road Media for sending ten lovely books back out into the world. And thank you again to all of you who came to the parties on Margery Sharp Day – this year and last year – and to all of […]
I want to say thank you to everyone who played a part in this celebration of the lovely legacy of books that Margery Sharp left to the world. Thank you to everyone who found a book to read, and everyone who spread them the world. I found some Cornish spring flowers for you all. I hope […]
I have loved many of Margery Sharp’s books for many different reasons and, though I could argue with myself for a long time over the question, I think that if I had to pick just one favourite, one book to take with me to a desert island, it would be ‘The Innocents’. I read it […]
It’s happening on 25th January – her 111th birthday – and the plan is for as many people as possible to read one of Margery’s books and post about it on her birthday. You don’t have to have a blog, you can post on Goodreads, Twitter, Facebook, Librarything, Youtube – wherever you like! I’d just […]
I have been utterly charmed by Cluny Brown. She’s a girl who never does anything that’s exactly wrong; but she’s also a girl who never really does anything that is usual or expected. She simply followed her heart; oblivious to the strictures that hold most people back. One day she took herself out to tea at the Ritz; another […]
A little while ago, at my old home on the internet, we threw a party for Margery Sharp’s ‘110th birthday.’ Sarah said: “The blurb on my old copy says this is ‘a rich, amusing and lovable book.’ It’s now the twenty-first century but the copywriter was absolutely correct. Hurray for Julia Packett, hurray for The […]
Beyond Eden Rock 