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• Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumour: Revenge Fantasies and Essays by Peter...

  Which of the following is true? -Peter Watts is banned from the U.S. -Watts almost died from flesh-eating bacteria. -A schizophrenic man living in Watts's... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amphibian by @ChristinaNwrth

  It's summer in Edinburgh. Rose Ellis arrives at MoneyTownCashGrowth one morning to find that the entire fourth floor has been flooded with water, in a... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jellyfish by Janice Galloway

  In this powerful collection, Janice Galloway takes on David Lodge's assertion that 'literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children;... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ghosts of Berlin by Rudolph Herzog

  Berlin's hip present comes up against the city's dark past in these seven supernatural tales by the son of the great filmmaker who "shares his father's curious... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Rebel of the Sands by @AlwynFJH

  

  Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumour has it that somewhere, Djinn still perform their... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins

  Winner of the 1999 Paterson Poetry Prize Over the past decade, Billy Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critica... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault

  Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping Beauty,... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• No Good Brother by @TylerKeevil

  Tim Harding has spent the fishing season in Canada working as a deckhand, making an honest living. When his hot-headed younger brother tracks him down at the... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Witness by @NRoberts_atHome

  

  Daughter of a controlling mother, Elizabeth finally let loose one night; drinking at a nightclub and allowing a strange man's seductive Russian accent lure her... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Keeper by @grahnort

  

  When Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother's death, she's focused only on saying goodbye to that dark and dismal part of her life. Her childhood... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tales of the City by @ArmisteadMaupin

  San Francisco, 1976. A naïve young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies,... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #Deeplight by @FrancesHardinge

  

  The gods were as real as the coastlines and currents, and as merciless as the winds and whirlpools. For centuries the gods of the Undersea ruled the islands of... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Red Suitcase by @YPPLaureate

  

  Naomi Shihab Nye's fourth collection bursts forth with the acclaimed poet's generous vision. Through her eyes, ordinary situations become remarkable| Poet,... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Reddening by @AdamLGNevill

  

  One million years of evolution didn't change our nature. Nor did it bury the horrors predating civilisation. Ancient rites, old deities and savage ways can... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Unspeakable Things by @jesslourey

  Inspired by a terrifying true story from the author's hometown, a heart-pounding novel of suspense about a small Minnesota community where nothing is as quiet-o... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Scissors, Paper, Stone by @elizabday

  A frank and beautiful story of damage, survival and restoration from an exhilarating literary voice. As Charles Redfern lies motionless in hospital, his wife... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Of Mice and Minestrone: Hap and Leonard The Early Years by @joelansdale

  Pull up a seat and sit a spell. Master storyteller Joe R. Lansdale has cooked up a passel of tales for you about the unlikeliest duo East Texas has to offer. Ha... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I Dare You by @sam_carrington1

  

  Mapledon, 1989 Two little girls were out playing a game of dares. Only one returned home. The ten-year-old told police what she saw: village loner Bill... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Sacrificial Man by @RuthDugdall

  

  What I want to say is that suicide is my choice. No-one else is to blame. Man seeks beautiful woman for the journey of a lifetime: Will you help me to die? Whe... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Advocacy by Melissa Fischer

  

  Drawn from her own experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana, Melissa Fischer weaves a rich tale set in 1992, Obuasi, a mining boomtown. The gold mine, Wes... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE