11 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Great writers and the cats who owned them by Susannah Fullerton: Charles Dickens and his furry, feline letter opener

New book reveals what should be no surprise to cat lovers, all of the best writers had a cat by their side – making sure they get proper rest, keeping them company and entertaining.

10 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

The apocalyptic novel written in 1971 that foresaw the migrant crisis so precisely the author believed it must have been dictated by a higher power: Now CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reveals the shocking details – and ending we should all fear

At a sprawling holiday villa half way between Cannes and Saint-Tropez, the writer and explorer Jean Raspail experienced an apocalyptic vision. He wrote it all down, frantically.

9 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Going back to school in the best Retros out now: The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury, Evening Class by Maeve Binchy, Good Country People

Sally Morris reviews the best Retros out now.

9 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

From dragons bigger and badder than Smaug to Sorority Trad Wives – our picks of the month's best Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels: King Sorrow by Joe Hill, Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake, All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu

Jamie Buxton reviews the best Sci-Fi and Fantasy books out now.

9 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan: Shocking TRUTH about what it is like working in China … we have no idea what hard work really is

New memoir reveals what it is really like working in China. From couriering to working in a warehouse, Hu Anyan has done it all.

9 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

What practical reason does Philippa Gregory need a Charles Dickens novel for on her desert island?

Philippa Gregory answers our burning questions, what’s she reading now, what would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what book left her cold?

9 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Psychological Thrillers that are not for the faint-hearted: Deadman's Pool by Kate Rhodes, The Psychiatrist by Emma Curtis, The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin

Christena Appleyard reviews the best Psychological Thrillers out now.

9 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Real life meets fiction in our picks of the Literary novels out now: Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet, The Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung, Jesus Christ Kinski by Benjamin Myers

Claire Allfree reviews the best Literary Fiction out now.

9 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

The Glass Mountain by Malcolm Gaskill: My heroic POW great-uncle dug his way out of a train with a knife and folk, escaped into the Italian countryside and enjoyed the delights the local's pasta and wine for 15 months

Malcom Gaskill’s new book reveals how POWs swotted to become civil servants and were lectured on art by Italian guards all before they escaped.

5 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Kate Price was sexually abused by her father and trafficked to his friends until the age of 12. Now, she reveals the truth about her childhood… and the horrifying reason her mother stayed silent

Kate Price tells her harrowing tale of abuse at the hands of her father and how she learned to heal with the help of psychiatrist Dr Bessel van der Kolk.