Review:
Tiding
by Siân Collins From Planet 251
Inge Thornton
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Tiding
by Siân Collins
Honno, £9.99
It is sometimes said that historical fiction is not so much about history as the present wrapped in yesterday’s clothes. A cursory glance at the national and international news in recent weeks gives us stories of gross flaws in Welsh policing (including fatalities), sustained public smear campaigns against trans folk, and mind-boggling billionaire chauvinism, to name just a few. Reading Rebecca F. John’s new novel about Kate Williams, stage name Vulcana, with this background noise sharpens awareness of injustices inherited from generations past.
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After a career as a public librarian in Birmingham, Inge Thornton has lived in mid Wales for the last nine years. She now spends her time working in a bookshop and gazing at the delights of the Dulas and Dyfi valleys.
