If there’s any time to consume a 720-page book, it is lockdown. This was my thinking as I picked up A Little Life, alert to the fact that it would take a little lifetime to […]
British Just Means English (According to this map…)
Words are English. Books are English. Everything is English. Well, that’s what the VisitBritain ‘Literary Hotspot’ map seems to suggest. VisitBritain tweeted out an illustrative map in which all the titans of ‘British’ Literature were […]
The Search for Autenticidad: Jeanine Cummins’ Controversial Novel American Dirt
When Oprah announced that the new pick for her book club was American Dirt, the third novel by Jeanine Cummins, I doubt she predicted the controversy that would arise. The novel narrates the tale of […]
Do You Believe in Shakespeare?
Questions about Shakespeare’s authorship have been the subject of heated debate and controversy for the past three centuries. Most recently, computer algorithms have been used to compare the scenes from Henry VIII with other plays […]
20 Books to Celebrate as 2020 Approaches
As the decade draws to an end and we enter the 2020s, it’s the perfect time to look back on the literary memories the past ten years have left us with! Looking into 20 of […]
5 Of Our Favourite Books From 2019
Twas The Night Shift Before Christmas – Adam Kay Kay’s stories from his time as a junior doctor are as funny as they are heartbreaking. His witty style is undercut by an unflinching look at […]
Book Review: Olive, Again
What a joy it was to spend more time with Olive Kitteridge, still as wry and brutally honest as ever. ‘Olive, Again’ reunites us with the blunt, yet deeply loveable Olive Kitteridge as she grows […]
Treat Your Shelf: Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo
Sara Anestesja reviews Bernadine Evaristo’s Booker Prize winning book, ‘Girl, Woman, Other’
Treat Your Shelf: Before the Coffee gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Emma Rivers reviews the new book from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, ‘Before the coffee gets cold’.
Book Review: The Burning Land
Louisa Polack reviews George Alagiah’s latest book ‘The Burning Land’, a thrilling novel set in apartheid-era South Africa
The Man Booker Prize Plot Twist: Why the Award Was Split
Thomas Boyd discusses the surprise joint-win of the Man Booker Prize 2019, and the implications of these winners…
An Ode to Maya Angelou
Louis Newstead delivers an ode to writer Maya Angelou…