Furrowed Middlebrow

"As an historical document of how things really were in Berlin after the war, it is eye-opening."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 bronasbooks.com/2025/12/20/the…

"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 madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/12/21/she…

🥳 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. 🙏🥰 classicmystery.blog/2025/12/20/fif…

"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/rev…

"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 babsbelovedbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/dynami…

Thank you so much Liz! Review four for Dean Street December. Dorothy Lambert, Much Dithering. #DeanStreetDecember2025 #bookreview #FurrowedMiddlebrow librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/rev…

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 youtube.com/watch?v=E2jfys…

Review two for Dean Street December – Romilly Cavan – “Beneath the Visiting Moon” #deanstreetdecember2025 #bookreview @FurrowedMiddle librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/rev…

"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 hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/top…

Review three for Dean Street December – Doris Langley Moore – “A Game of Snakes and Ladders” #DeanStreetDecember2025 #bookreview #FurrowedMiddlebrow @FurrowedMiddle librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/rev…

"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. #deanstreetdecember #furrowedmiddlebrow @FurrowedMiddle

"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! @FurrowedMiddle

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/book_pag…

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 babsbelovedbooks.blogspot.com/search?q=rhodo…

😍 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! 🎧💐 Pre-order here: amazon.com/Audible-Studio… #Audiobook #summerreading @furrowedmiddle @UlverscroftLtd

Help Me Tackle My TBR! 😱📚✨ Yay! It’s Furrowed Middlebrow Friday! 🥳💜 #FurrowedMiddlebrow @FurrowedMiddle babsbelovedbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/help-m…

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 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

"I was addicted to this novel from the very first page." The Man in the Dark by Susan Scarlett aka Noel Streatfeild #bookreview @furrowedmiddle babsbelovedbooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-ma…

🌸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