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LATEST ARTICLES ( 4138 )

• Untamed by @aghowardwrites

  A post- Ensnared collection of three stories-available in both print and e-versions. Alyssa Gardner went down the rabbit hole and took control of her destiny.... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Tent by @MargaretAtwood

  One of the world's most celebrated authors, Margaret Atwood has written a collection of smart and entertaining fictional essays, in the genre of her previous... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #TheresOnlyOneDannyGarvey by @dfr10

  

  Danny Garvey was a sixteen-year old footballing prodigy. Professional clubs clamoured to sign him, and a glittering future beckoned. And yet, his early promise... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2020 On The Book Lover’s Boudoir

  

  Skip to content I read 840 books in 2020. 2020 factoids: How Much I Read / Listened 229,074 pages read Burned through 429 hours 44 minutes of... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• December 2020 Round-Up on the Book Lover’s Boudoir

  

  Skip to content I read 49 books in December. December factoids: How Much I Read / Listened 11,355 pages read Burned through 13 hours 4 minutes of... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Apathy Is Out by Seán Ó Ríordáin

  Sean O Riordain (1916-77) was the most important and most influential Irish-language poet of modern times. He revitalised poetry in Irish, combining the world o... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mother, Nature by @PoetLyall

  

  Aoife Lyall's debut collection Mother, Nature explores the tragic and tender experiences of pregnancy and early motherhood, from ante-natal complications and th... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The House by the Sea by Louise Douglas

  When Edie's mother-in-law, Anna DeLuca, dies, she is relieved. Edie blames Anna for the accident that destroyed her family. So, when her will lures Edie to... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Killing Commendatore by @harukimurakami_

  

  'Beguiling... Murakami is brilliant at folding the humdrum alongside the supernatural; finding the magic that's nested in life's quotidian details' Guardian Whe... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Betrayal of Trust by @susanhillwriter

  Heavy rain falls on Lafferton. As the rainwater slowly drains away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - are revealed. It doesn't take long to identify the remain... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ask No Questions by @ClaireAllan

  Twenty-five years ago, on Halloween night, eight-year-old Kelly Doherty went missing while out trick or treating with friends. Her body was found three days... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bearmouth by @LondonBessie

  

  Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labour, the sunlit world above the mine a distant memory. Reward will come in the next life with the benevolence of the... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Taste of Steel, The Smell of Snow by @tafdrup1

  Pia Tafdrup is one of Denmark's leading poets. She has published over 20 books in Danish since her first collection appeared in 1981, and her work has been... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Scapegoat by Daphne Du Maurier

  Daphne du Maurier's The Scapegoat is a classic tale of stolen identity. As dark as it is witty, it introduces listeners to the gloomy and despondent... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #DreamsoftheIsland by @KateHewitt1

  

  Henry McAvoy leaned forward. "I have been looking for an artist just like you-a diamond in the rough, so to speak. And really, Miss Copley," he said gently,... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Shine, Pamela, Shine! by Kate Atkinson

  Thoroughly divorced but ever the optimist, Pamela faces the realities of aging and the leaps of faith required to put a "sparkle" on her daily life in this... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bear Witness by Mary Gaitskill

  In the wake of a brutal crime, three people cross paths in this unflinching deconstruction of moral uncertainty, shifting perceptions, and sexual violence by... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by @TeaMichelle

  Everyone in the broken-down town of Chelsea, Massachusetts, has a story too worn to repeat-from the girls who play the pass-out game just to feel like they're... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Rite of Passage by @dominicbury

  Dom Bury's Rite of Passage is an initiation into what it means to be alive on the planet in the midst of extinction, of climate, environmental and systematic... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Halfway to Free by @EDonoghueWriter

  Raising a family is the ultimate luxury as the human race teeters on the brink of extinction in this visionary short story by Emma Donoghue, the bestselling... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE