What does a bookseller do when they are not in their natural habitat, the bookshop? Well, this bookseller spends a large chunk of their time off reading. The only downside …
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Paperbacks have been around Europe since the 17th century but initially they were expensive and available only to the few. They became more widely accessible with the invention of the …
If you’re anything like me, you must be very excited about all the witchy Irish YA books that 2019 has brought. But with so many tempting choices, where to begin? …
At the end of my last post, I was gearing up for my Camino journey, boots and guidebooks organised, and mind set firmly on putting one foot in front of …
In our first post from a guest author, E. M. Reapy discusses the modern-day issues that inspired her second novel, Skin, available in shops now. I was inspired to write …
Parents often think that their baby needs to be upright and grabbing things before they can have a book of their very own. But it’s not true — you are …
If you’ve read The Guilty Feminist (or listen to the podcast), you’ll know the game I’m a Feminist but… This is the moment for admitting guilty pleasures, the things you …
There’s a rumour going round that one can have too many books! I hear it occasionally from people who say their house is falling down with books, that they can’t …
In the first part of my interview with Yangsze Choo, we discussed the influence of her Malaysian-Chinese heritage in The Night Tiger. In the second part, we talk about her approach to …
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