Book Reviews

Our Monthy Reviews in the Four Shires Magazine

Since February 2008 we have been writing book reviews for the local publication, The Four Shires Magazine. The Four Shires is widely available for purchase throughout Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire. You can read a selection of our reviews here, and you'll find that many of the books are available for purchase direct from our website too.

If you are the author or publisher of a book that you would like us to consider for review, please do send us a review copy, together with any additional promotional information. Our address is Books & Ink Bookshop, 4 White Lion Walk, Banbury OX16 5UD. Full contact details can be found here.

February 2008
Featuring 'Lark Rise to Candleford'; 'Henley-on-Thames: a History' by David Whitehead; The Good Pub Guide 2008; a book charting the history of Wellesbourne by Peter Bolton, & more.

March 2008
Reviews include 'The Natural Gardener' by Hook Norton author, Val Bourne; a guide book all about Deddington; 'Georgette Heyer's Regency World' by Jennifer Kloester.

April 2008
'Dorchester Abbey'; 'Inns and Pubs of the Cotswolds'; the diary of a poor Woodstock family in 1900; recipes from The Bucher's Arms in Priors Hardwick; and a first novel set in Iran.

May 2008
'A Mile of River' by Judith Allnatt; 'BB's Birds'; rural poems in aid of leukaemia research; and a history of the Verneys by Adrian Tinniswood.

June 2008
'Your Own Allotment' by Neil Russell-Jones; 'Cottisford Revisited'; 'Grizzy Dad' for young children; and a selection of books with a supernatural theme.

July 2008
'The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland'; a study of Woodstock probate records; a collection of poetry & prose quotes for gardeners; and a book all about growing from seeds.

August 2008
'Local Flavours' 2008 guide to food suppliers; 'Narrowboat Dreams' by Steve Haywood; a guide to European follies; 'Lewis Carroll in Numberland'; and a dinosaur children's story.

September 2008
'George - A 20th Century Miniature'; 'How Many Socks Make a Pair?'; Pam Ayres' poetry; 100 iconic English gardens portrayed; and 'Voices from the Front Line'.