So I've written a new book. The first in five years.

On the Rim of the Sea: A Journey in Books is a collection of my best pieces from the last ten years. I am a history buff, so it is in effect a journey through the 20th century in books.

Not the obvious classics, though; I have included books that reflect the lived experience of the century. What was it like to crew a windjammer in the 1910s? How did the First World War look to enlisted men? How did the rise of Fascism seem to a Jewish writer? How did Germans fare under the British occupation? And how has it all looked to a cyclist?

I shan't be writing anyone to solicit a review, as that can be seen (rightly, perhaps) as spam. I interact on Goodreads as a reader more than a writer, anyway. Besides, what I really want is for people to enjoy it. But if they review it too, that'll be a bonus.