diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9210bb..be65d35 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@
 		"nanoid": "3.3.4",
 		"node-fetch": "^3.2.10",
 		"rehype-stringify": "^9.0.3",
+		"remark": "^14.0.2",
 		"remark-frontmatter": "^4.0.1",
 		"remark-parse": "^10.0.1",
 		"remark-rehype": "^10.1.0",
 		"remark-stringify": "^10.0.2",
 		"sanitize-html": "^2.7.0",
+		"strip-markdown": "^5.0.0",
 		"to-vfile": "^7.2.3",
 		"unified": "^10.1.2",
 		"zod": "^3.18.0"
diff --git a/src/content/blog/2021-01-27-albums-2020.md b/src/content/blog/2021-01-27-albums-2020.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/src/lib/blog/BlogPost.test.ts b/src/lib/blog/BlogPost.test.ts
index cde83f2..a663bf2 100644
--- a/src/lib/blog/BlogPost.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/blog/BlogPost.test.ts
@@ -1,42 +1,92 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { BlogPost } from './BlogPost.js';
+import { aBlogPost } from './test-builders/blog-post-builder.js';
 
 const exampleMarkdownWithFrontMatter = `---
 title: "Test Blog Post"
 date: 2023-02-01T08:00:00Z
 slug: "2023-02-01-test"
+author: Thomas Wilson
 ---
 
 This is the content of the blog post.
 
-This is a [link](http://www.bbc.co.uk)
+This is a [link](http://www.bbc.co.uk).
 
 - This is a list item
 - This is another list item
 `;
 
 describe('BlogPost', () => {
-    it(`should construct`, () => {
-        // GIVEN
-        const blogPost = new BlogPost({ title: 'Test Title', markdownContent: 'Test Content' });
+    describe(`Constructing`, () => {
+        it(`should construct`, async () => {
+            // GIVEN
+            const blogPost = new BlogPost({
+                title: 'Test Title',
+                author: 'Test Author',
+                date: new Date('2022-01-01T00:00Z'),
+                slug: 'test-slug',
+                markdownContent: 'Test Content',
+            });
 
-        // THEN
-        expect(blogPost.title).toBe('Test Title');
-        expect(blogPost.markdownContent).toBe('Test Content');
+            // WHEN
+            await blogPost.build();
+
+            // THEN
+            const expectedBlogPost = await aBlogPost()
+                .withTitle('Test Title')
+                .withAuthor('Test Author')
+                .withDate(new Date('2022-01-01T00:00Z'))
+                .withSlug('test-slug')
+                .withMarkdownContent('Test Content')
+                .constructAndThenBuild();
+
+            expect(blogPost).toStrictEqual(expectedBlogPost);
+            expect(blogPost.html).toBeDefined();
+            expect(blogPost.excerpt).toBeDefined();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe(`Building the blog post`, () => {
+        it(`should know if a blog post has been built`, () => {
+            // GIVEN
+            const blogPost = aBlogPost().build();
+
+            // WHEN
+            const hasBeenBuilt = blogPost.hasBeenBuilt;
+
+            // THEN
+            expect(hasBeenBuilt).toBe(false);
+            expect(blogPost.html).toBeNull();
+            expect(blogPost.excerpt).toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        it(`should know if a blog post has been built`, async () => {
+            // GIVEN
+            const blogPost = aBlogPost().build();
+
+            // WHEN
+            await blogPost.build();
+
+            // THEN
+            expect(blogPost.hasBeenBuilt).toBe(true);
+            expect(blogPost.html).toBeDefined();
+            expect(blogPost.excerpt).toBeDefined();
+        });
     });
 
     it(`Should parse markdown to HTML`, async () => {
         // GIVEN
-        const blogPost = new BlogPost({ title: 'Test Title', markdownContent: exampleMarkdownWithFrontMatter });
+        const blogPost = await aBlogPost().withMarkdownContent(exampleMarkdownWithFrontMatter).constructAndThenBuild();
 
         // WHEN
-        const html = await blogPost.getHtml();
+        const html = blogPost.html;
 
         // THEN
         expect(html).toStrictEqual(
             [
                 `<p>This is the content of the blog post.</p>`,
-                `<p>This is a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk">link</a></p>`,
+                `<p>This is a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk">link</a>.</p>`,
                 `<ul>`,
                 `<li>This is a list item</li>`,
                 `<li>This is another list item</li>`,
@@ -44,4 +94,15 @@ describe('BlogPost', () => {
             ].join(`\n`)
         );
     });
+
+    it(`should have a plain-text excerpt`, async () => {
+        // GIVEN
+        const blogPost = await aBlogPost().withMarkdownContent(exampleMarkdownWithFrontMatter).constructAndThenBuild();
+
+        // WHEN
+        const excerpt = await blogPost.getExcerpt();
+
+        // THEN
+        expect(excerpt).toBe('This is the content of the blog post. This is a link.');
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/blog/BlogPost.ts b/src/lib/blog/BlogPost.ts
index 7469f3d..f90e187 100644
--- a/src/lib/blog/BlogPost.ts
+++ b/src/lib/blog/BlogPost.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,86 @@
 import type { Processor } from 'unified';
 import { unified } from 'unified';
+import { remark } from 'remark';
 import markdown from 'remark-parse';
 import markdownFrontmatter from 'remark-frontmatter';
 import remarkStringify from 'remark-stringify';
 import remarkRehype from 'remark-rehype';
 import rehypeStringify from 'rehype-stringify';
+import stripMarkdown from 'strip-markdown';
+import remarkFrontmatter from 'remark-frontmatter';
 
 interface BlogPostParams {
     title: string;
+    date: Date;
+    author: string;
+    slug: string;
     markdownContent: string;
 }
 
 export class BlogPost {
     readonly title: string;
+    readonly date: Date;
+    readonly author: string;
+    readonly slug: string;
     readonly markdownContent: string;
 
+    private _html: string | null = null;
+    private _excerpt: string | null = null;
+
     constructor(params: BlogPostParams) {
         this.title = params.title;
+        this.date = params.date;
+        this.author = params.author;
+        this.slug = params.slug;
         this.markdownContent = params.markdownContent;
     }
 
+    get html(): string | null {
+        return this._html;
+    }
+
+    get excerpt(): string | null {
+        return this._excerpt;
+    }
+
+    get hasBeenBuilt(): boolean {
+        return this._html !== null && this._excerpt !== null;
+    }
+
+    async build(): Promise<void> {
+        await this.getHtml();
+        await this.getExcerpt();
+    }
+
+    async getExcerpt(wordLength = 50): Promise<string> {
+        const processor = this.markdownToExcerptProcessorFactory();
+        const value = await processor.process(this.markdownContent);
+
+        const textValueWithNoLinebreaks = value.toString();
+
+        // A regex that looks for any character, followed by `.`, and then another character.
+        // e.g. "This is a sentence.This is another sentence."
+        // becomes "This is a sentence. This is another sentence."
+        const reg = /([a-zA-Z0-9])\.([a-zA-Z0-9])/g;
+
+        const textWithSpacesBetweenSentences = textValueWithNoLinebreaks
+            .replaceAll('\r', ' ')
+            .replaceAll('\n', ' ')
+            .replaceAll(reg, '$1. $2')
+            .split(' ')
+            .filter((word) => word !== ' ' && word !== '')
+            .slice(0, wordLength)
+            .join(' ');
+
+        this._excerpt = textWithSpacesBetweenSentences;
+        return this._excerpt;
+    }
+
     async getHtml(): Promise<string> {
         const processor = this.markdownToHtmlProcessorFactory();
         const html = await processor.process(this.markdownContent);
-        return html.toString();
+        this._html = html.toString();
+        return this._html;
     }
 
     private markdownToHtmlProcessorFactory(): Processor {
@@ -34,4 +91,11 @@ export class BlogPost {
             .use(remarkRehype)
             .use(rehypeStringify);
     }
+
+    private markdownToExcerptProcessorFactory(): Processor {
+        return remark()
+            .use(markdown)
+            .use(remarkFrontmatter)
+            .use(stripMarkdown, { remove: ['list'] });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/blog/BlogPostSet.test.ts b/src/lib/blog/BlogPostSet.test.ts
index b102c7d..0874ab1 100644
--- a/src/lib/blog/BlogPostSet.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/blog/BlogPostSet.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ describe(`BlogPostSet`, () => {
         expect(blogPostSet.blogPosts).toStrictEqual([blogPostOne, blogPostTwo]);
     });
 
+    it(`Should be able to build all the blog posts`, async () => {
+        // GIVEN
+        const blogPostOne = aBlogPost().withTitle('Blog Post One').build();
+        const blogPostTwo = aBlogPost().withTitle('Blog Post Two').build();
+        const blogPostSet = new BlogPostSet([blogPostOne, blogPostTwo]);
+
+        // WHEN
+        await blogPostSet.buildAllBlogPosts();
+
+        // THEN
+        expect(blogPostSet.blogPosts.every((post) => post.hasBeenBuilt)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     describe(`Finding a blog post by title`, () => {
         const blogPostOne = aBlogPost().withTitle('Blog Post One').build();
         const blogPostTwo = aBlogPost().withTitle('Blog Post Two').build();
diff --git a/src/lib/blog/BlogPostSet.ts b/src/lib/blog/BlogPostSet.ts
index a02211c..cc1dc5a 100644
--- a/src/lib/blog/BlogPostSet.ts
+++ b/src/lib/blog/BlogPostSet.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 import type { BlogPost } from './BlogPost.js';
 
 export class BlogPostSet {
-    constructor(readonly blogPosts: BlogPost[]) {}
+    private _blogPosts: BlogPost[] = [];
+
+    constructor(blogPosts: BlogPost[]) {
+        this._blogPosts = blogPosts;
+    }
+
+    get blogPosts(): BlogPost[] {
+        return this._blogPosts;
+    }
 
     getBlogPostWithTitle(title: string): BlogPost | null {
-        return this.blogPosts.find((post) => post.title === title) ?? null;
+        return this._blogPosts.find((post) => post.title === title) ?? null;
+    }
+
+    async buildAllBlogPosts(): Promise<void> {
+        await Promise.all(this.blogPosts.map((post) => post.build()));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/blog/markdown-repository.test.ts b/src/lib/blog/markdown-repository.test.ts
index 7f49fb4..3832103 100644
--- a/src/lib/blog/markdown-repository.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/blog/markdown-repository.test.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ describe(`Blog MarkdownRepository`, () => {
         });
 
         const expectedBlogPost = aBlogPost()
+            .withAuthor('Thomas Wilson')
+            .withDate(new Date('2023-02-01T08:00:00Z'))
+            .withSlug('2023-02-01-test')
             .withTitle('Test Blog Post')
             .withMarkdownContent(testMarkdownContent)
             .build();
diff --git a/src/lib/blog/markdown-repository.ts b/src/lib/blog/markdown-repository.ts
index 7b5b7ab..b0ff206 100644
--- a/src/lib/blog/markdown-repository.ts
+++ b/src/lib/blog/markdown-repository.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ import { BlogPost } from './BlogPost.js';
 import { MarkdownFile } from './MarkdownFile.js';
 import { BlogPostSet } from './BlogPostSet.js';
 
+interface FrontmatterValues {
+    title: string;
+    slug: string;
+    date: Date;
+    author: string;
+}
+
 export class MarkdownRepository {
     readonly markdownFiles: MarkdownFile[];
     readonly blogPosts: BlogPostSet;
@@ -13,22 +20,32 @@ export class MarkdownRepository {
     }
 
     public static async fromViteGlobImport(globImport): Promise<MarkdownRepository> {
-        let fileImports: MarkdownFile[] = [];
+        let fileImports: MarkdownFile<FrontmatterValues>[] = [];
         let blogPosts: BlogPost[] = [];
         const allFiles = Object.entries(globImport);
 
         for (const entry of allFiles) {
             const [filename, module] = entry as [string, () => Promise<string>];
-            const fileContent = await module();
+            try {
+                const fileContent = await module();
 
-            const markdownFile = new MarkdownFile<{ title: string }>({ fileName: filename, content: fileContent });
-            const blogPost = new BlogPost({
-                markdownContent: markdownFile.content,
-                title: markdownFile.frontmatter.title,
-            });
+                const markdownFile = new MarkdownFile<FrontmatterValues>({ fileName: filename, content: fileContent });
+                const blogPost = new BlogPost({
+                    markdownContent: markdownFile.content,
+                    title: markdownFile.frontmatter.title,
+                    slug: markdownFile.frontmatter.slug,
+                    author: markdownFile.frontmatter.author,
+                    date: markdownFile.frontmatter.date,
+                });
 
-            fileImports = [...fileImports, markdownFile];
-            blogPosts = [...blogPosts, blogPost];
+                fileImports = [...fileImports, markdownFile];
+                blogPosts = [...blogPosts, blogPost];
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.error({
+                    message: `[MarkdownRespository::fromViteGlobImport] Error loading file ${filename}`,
+                    error: e,
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         return new MarkdownRepository(fileImports, blogPosts);
diff --git a/src/lib/blog/test-builders/blog-post-builder.ts b/src/lib/blog/test-builders/blog-post-builder.ts
index dfca8c9..49dbf1d 100644
--- a/src/lib/blog/test-builders/blog-post-builder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/blog/test-builders/blog-post-builder.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import { BlogPost } from '../BlogPost.js';
 
 class BlogPostBuilder {
     private _title = 'default title';
+    private _author = 'default author';
+    private _date = new Date('2022-01-01T00:00Z');
+    private _slug = 'default-slug';
+
     private _markdownContent = 'default markdown content';
 
     withTitle(title: string): BlogPostBuilder {
@@ -14,8 +18,35 @@ class BlogPostBuilder {
         return this;
     }
 
+    withAuthor(author: string): BlogPostBuilder {
+        this._author = author;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    withDate(date: Date): BlogPostBuilder {
+        this._date = date;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    withSlug(slug: string): BlogPostBuilder {
+        this._slug = slug;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    async constructAndThenBuild(): Promise<BlogPost> {
+        const blogPost = this.build();
+        await blogPost.build();
+        return blogPost;
+    }
+
     build(): BlogPost {
-        return new BlogPost({ title: this._title, markdownContent: this._markdownContent });
+        return new BlogPost({
+            title: this._title,
+            markdownContent: this._markdownContent,
+            author: this._author,
+            date: this._date,
+            slug: this._slug,
+        });
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/api/blog.json/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/blog.json/+server.ts
index 5d7357d..70bdf0b 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/blog.json/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/blog.json/+server.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,11 @@
 import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import { BlogController } from './BlogController.js';
 
-import allPosts from '../../../content/posts.json';
-
-export const GET = async ({ url }) => {
+export const GET = async () => {
     try {
-        const posts = Object.entries(allPosts).map(([key, value]) => ({
-            ...value,
-        }));
-
-        const sortedBlogPosts = posts.sort((a, b) => {
-            if (a.date > b.date) {
-                return -1;
-            }
-            if (a.date < b.date) {
-                return 1;
-            }
-            return 0;
-        });
-
-        return json({
-            posts: sortedBlogPosts,
-        });
+        const controller = await BlogController.singleton();
+        const blogPosts = await controller.getAllBlogPosts();
+        return json({ posts: blogPosts });
     } catch (error) {
         console.error({ error: JSON.stringify(error) });
         return json(
diff --git a/src/routes/api/blog.json/BlogController.test.ts b/src/routes/api/blog.json/BlogController.test.ts
index b00faa7..df2a1f5 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/blog.json/BlogController.test.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/blog.json/BlogController.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ describe(`BlogController`, () => {
             // GIVEN
             const blogPosts = await controller.getAllBlogPosts();
 
+            // WHEN
+            const aKnownBlogPost = blogPosts.find((post) => post.title === 'Vibe Check #10');
+            const aMadeUpBlogPost = blogPosts.find((post) => post.title === 'Some made up blog post');
+
             // then
-            expect(blogPosts.getBlogPostWithTitle('Vibe Check #10')).toBeDefined();
+            expect(aMadeUpBlogPost).toBeNull();
+            expect(aKnownBlogPost).not.toBeNull();
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/src/routes/api/blog.json/BlogController.ts b/src/routes/api/blog.json/BlogController.ts
index b6094bb..b67d06a 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/blog.json/BlogController.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/blog.json/BlogController.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,42 @@
 import type { BlogPostSet } from '../../../lib/blog/BlogPostSet.js';
 import { MarkdownRepository } from '../../../lib/blog/markdown-repository.js';
 
-const blogPosts = import.meta.glob('../../content/blog/*.md', { as: 'raw' });
+const blogPostMetaGlobImport = import.meta.glob('../../../content/blog/*.md', { as: 'raw' });
+
+interface BlogPostListItem {
+    title: string;
+    author: string;
+    date: string;
+    book_review: boolean;
+    preview: string;
+    content: string;
+    slug: string;
+}
 
 export class BlogController {
     static async singleton(): Promise<BlogController> {
-        const markdownRepository = await MarkdownRepository.fromViteGlobImport(blogPosts);
+        const markdownRepository = await MarkdownRepository.fromViteGlobImport(blogPostMetaGlobImport);
         return new BlogController(markdownRepository);
     }
 
     constructor(private readonly markdownRepository: MarkdownRepository) {}
 
-    async getAllBlogPosts(): Promise<BlogPostSet> {
+    async getAllBlogPosts(): Promise<BlogPostListItem[]> {
         const blogPosts = await this.markdownRepository.blogPosts;
-        return blogPosts;
+        await blogPosts.buildAllBlogPosts();
+
+        const blogPostListItems: BlogPostListItem[] = blogPosts.blogPosts.map((blogPost) => {
+            return {
+                title: blogPost.title,
+                author: blogPost.author,
+                book_review: false,
+                content: blogPost.html,
+                date: blogPost.date.toISOString(),
+                preview: blogPost.excerpt,
+                slug: blogPost.slug,
+            };
+        });
+
+        return blogPostListItems.sort((a, b) => (a.date > b.date ? -1 : 1));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/blog/+page.svelte b/src/routes/blog/+page.svelte
index e22bbef..fc4b616 100644
--- a/src/routes/blog/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/blog/+page.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
   import Navbar from "$lib/components/Navbar.svelte";
   import { intlFormat } from "date-fns";
 
+  export const prerender = true;
   export let data: PageData;
+
   $: ({
     posts,
     firstPost,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c7cc85c..1f7ef4c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
-"@types/unist@*", "@types/unist@^2.0.0", "@types/unist@^2.0.2", "@types/unist@^2.0.3":
+"@types/unist@*", "@types/unist@^2.0.0", "@types/unist@^2.0.2", "@types/unist@^2.0.3", "@types/unist@^2.0.6":
   version "2.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/unist/-/unist-2.0.6.tgz#250a7b16c3b91f672a24552ec64678eeb1d3a08d"
   integrity sha512-PBjIUxZHOuj0R15/xuwJYjFi+KZdNFrehocChv4g5hu6aFroHue8m0lBP0POdK2nKzbw0cgV1mws8+V/JAcEkQ==
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ remark-frontmatter@^4.0.1:
     micromark-extension-frontmatter "^1.0.0"
     unified "^10.0.0"
 
-remark-parse@^10.0.1:
+remark-parse@^10.0.0, remark-parse@^10.0.1:
   version "10.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/remark-parse/-/remark-parse-10.0.1.tgz#6f60ae53edbf0cf38ea223fe643db64d112e0775"
   integrity sha512-1fUyHr2jLsVOkhbvPRBJ5zTKZZyD6yZzYaWCS6BPBdQ8vEMBCH+9zNCDA6tET/zHCi/jLqjCWtlJZUPk+DbnFw==
@@ -2274,7 +2274,7 @@ remark-rehype@^10.1.0:
     mdast-util-to-hast "^12.1.0"
     unified "^10.0.0"
 
-remark-stringify@^10.0.2:
+remark-stringify@^10.0.0, remark-stringify@^10.0.2:
   version "10.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/remark-stringify/-/remark-stringify-10.0.2.tgz#50414a6983f5008eb9e72eed05f980582d1f69d7"
   integrity sha512-6wV3pvbPvHkbNnWB0wdDvVFHOe1hBRAx1Q/5g/EpH4RppAII6J8Gnwe7VbHuXaoKIF6LAg6ExTel/+kNqSQ7lw==
@@ -2283,6 +2283,16 @@ remark-stringify@^10.0.2:
     mdast-util-to-markdown "^1.0.0"
     unified "^10.0.0"
 
+remark@^14.0.2:
+  version "14.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/remark/-/remark-14.0.2.tgz#4a1833f7441a5c29e44b37bb1843fb820797b40f"
+  integrity sha512-A3ARm2V4BgiRXaUo5K0dRvJ1lbogrbXnhkJRmD0yw092/Yl0kOCZt1k9ZeElEwkZsWGsMumz6qL5MfNJH9nOBA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/mdast" "^3.0.0"
+    remark-parse "^10.0.0"
+    remark-stringify "^10.0.0"
+    unified "^10.0.0"
+
 require-from-string@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-from-string/-/require-from-string-2.0.2.tgz#89a7fdd938261267318eafe14f9c32e598c36909"
@@ -2579,6 +2589,15 @@ strip-literal@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     acorn "^8.8.1"
 
+strip-markdown@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-markdown/-/strip-markdown-5.0.0.tgz#222b864ecce6cf2ef87b2bb1e6466464e8127081"
+  integrity sha512-PXSts6Ta9A/TwGxVVSRlQs1ukJTAwwtbip2OheJEjPyfykaQ4sJSTnQWjLTI2vYWNts/R/91/csagp15W8n9gA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/mdast" "^3.0.0"
+    "@types/unist" "^2.0.6"
+    unified "^10.0.0"
+
 supports-color@^5.3.0:
   version "5.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.5.0.tgz#e2e69a44ac8772f78a1ec0b35b689df6530efc8f"