Blogger, obsessive researcher of British women writers 1910-1960, and co-publisher of Furrowed Middlebrow books in collaboration with @DeanStPress.
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Joined March 2021
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"As an historical document of how things really were in Berlin after the war, it is eye-opening." Frances Faviell's The Dancing Bear #deanstreetdecember2025 #furrowedmiddlebrow
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"I found The Foolish Gentlewoman to be a surprising page-turner ... And yet, things didn’t quite pan out as I expected. Sharp has fun with confounding reader’s expectations." #deanstreetdecember2025 #furrowed middlebrow
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🥳 Here’s to 15 years of amazing blogging, and many more to come @puzzledoctor! 📚✨
Over the years, you’ve brought forty Brian Flynn books back into the spotlight, writing fabulous new intros for each one. Your enthusiasm has given these amazing stories to a whole new generation of readers. Keep making the literary world a brighter, funnier, and more brilliant place. 🙏🥰
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"This is a terrific character study of a “delicate” woman who uses her health and close relationship with her son to manipulate him. I found it very involving." Cecil by Elizabeth Eliot #bookreview #deanstreetdecember2025 @LyzzyBee_Libro whatmeread.com/2025/12/19/re…
"If you love wartime memoirs, quirky personalities, unbelievably wacky situations and an underlining theme of real life and honest feelings/reactions during the war, this book is for you!" #deanstreetdecember2025 #furrowedmiddlebrow
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Thank you so much Liz! Review four for Dean Street December. Dorothy Lambert, Much Dithering. #DeanStreetDecember2025 #bookreview #FurrowedMiddlebrow
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Wonderful Christmassy book list from Caro, featuring Miss Plum and Miss Penny by Dorothy Evelyn Smith - a #FurrowedMiddlebrow favourite - among some other terrific titles. @FurrowedMiddle
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Review two for Dean Street December – Romilly Cavan – “Beneath the Visiting Moon” #deanstreetdecember2025 #bookreview @FurrowedMiddle
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"Ok, ok, I LOVE Dean Street’s Furrowed Middlebrow books so much I’m slipping in a second one! Happy Dean Street December! There’s still time to read one and join the fun."
A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair @FurrowedMiddle @HLibraryofLife
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Review three for Dean Street December – Doris Langley Moore – “A Game of Snakes and Ladders” #DeanStreetDecember2025 #bookreview #FurrowedMiddlebrow @FurrowedMiddle
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"Mrs. Threader sat alone on Christmas night, sipping ginger wine. Everything demanded by Christmas was there; cards, paper decorations, mistletoe, holly."
From The Woods in Winter (1970) by Stella Gibbons.
New introduction by Elizabeth Crawford.
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ALT The Woods in Winter by Stella Gibbons featuring a wintry scene of trees beside a house, with a rabbit scurrying across the road.
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"Naturally I loved this book! (I’ve yet to find a Dean Street Press Furrowed Middlebrow book that I didn’t like!) Mrs. Tim doesn’t falter!"
Mrs. Tim Gets a Job by D E Stevenson
Thank you for this wonderful #DeanStreetDecember2025 post!
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Review: Mrs. Tim Gets a Job by D.E. Stevenson hopewellslibraryoflife.wordp… via @HlibraryofLife #DeanStreetDecember
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This painting glows with such beautiful, natural light. We chose it for the front cover of our edition of Bramton Wick by Elizabeth Fair #furrowedmiddlebrow @FurrowedMiddle deanstreetpress.co.uk/pages/…
Farm House and Field, Eric Ravilious, 1941. It depicts Ironbridge Farm, at Shalford in #Essex. The original artwork is in a private collection.
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Guess what day it is?? You guessed it!— Furrowed Middlebrow Friday! Yay! 🥳 It's the perfect time to share my review of A Pink Front Door by Stella Gibbons republished by Dean Street Press! 😍🌸🚪 #bookreview @FurrowedMiddle
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ALT New edition by Dean Street Press of A Pink Front Door by Stella Gibbons on a kindle reader in a basket with the old paperback.
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😍 We’re thrilled to announce MRS LORIMER’S QUIET SUMMER by Molly Clavering is coming to audio 1 July 2025, published by Soundings, narrated by Kirsty Cox! 🎧💐
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Help Me Tackle My TBR! 😱📚✨
Yay! It’s Furrowed Middlebrow Friday! 🥳💜 #FurrowedMiddlebrow @FurrowedMiddle
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We are delighted to see Miss Buncle’s Book getting airtime on Radio 4; D.E. Stevenson continues to charm new audiences, and it’s always heartening to see her work being celebrated more widely. #FurrowedMiddlebrow @furrowedmiddle @BBCRadio4
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"I was addicted to this novel from the very first page."
The Man in the Dark by Susan Scarlett aka Noel Streatfeild #bookreview @furrowedmiddle
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🌸Mother’s Day is on its way!🌸
Longer days, warmer weather… and another Dean Street Press Caption Competition! 🎉
Want to win a Furrowed Middlebrow title of your choice as the perfect #gift? 🎁
👉 Best caption in the comments!
Closes 29 March 2025 @FurrowedMiddle
