A shiver runs down my spine whenever a customer says these eight little words. What makes one person laugh can leave another confused, irritated even. My fondest memory is of …
Author: Mary Burnham
→Mary says she is in the enviable position of combining work with pleasure as books are what have always sustained her in good times and bad!
There was a time when I would read a book cover to cover whether I was enjoying it or not. It was as if I was obeying an unwritten rule …
In our final post for 2019, Mary Burnham rounds up her favourites of the year. See you in 2020! It’s that time of year when so many people give books …
Amid a certain amount of consternation, Bernardine Evaristo shared this year’s Booker Prize with Margaret Atwood. It’s the third time in its history that two authors have shared this most …
When I read a review of Adam Mars-Jones’s novel Pilcrow in 2008, I was determined to buy it even though it was a big, expensive hardback. When the sequel, Cedilla, …
Reading an easy book is like turning on the telly, regardless of what’s on, and letting it wash over you. Not that there’s nothing wrong with that when you need …
The tables at the front of our shops hold a dazzling array of brand new books to tempt the avid reader. But don’t forget to occasionally wend your way further …
“When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the …
Just when I have the time to jet off to places unknown, it seems that to do so would send my carbon footprint through the stratosphere. Nothing for it but …
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