NoViolet Bulawayo wins the Best of Caine award | Books
Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo has won the Best of Caine award, an honorary prize celebrating a story from…
Book inspiring William Shakespeare potions goes on display in Leeds
Leeds City Council Librarian Antony Ramm says the books show the “dedication, passion and joy” gardeners share A…
‘You cannot censor me. They would try it now with all this wokeist nonsense’ – The Irish Times
Like a gondolier on the Canale Grande, John Banville seems right at home in Venice, the setting for…
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With the nights drawing in, it’s the perfect moment to curl up with a book that can help…
‹ The Best Reviewed Books of the Month Book Marks
Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know, Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me, Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of…
I Write About Heroic Kids Overcoming Challenges. Then I Faced One Myself (Exclusive)
It’s hard to say goodbye to something you love. For 16 years, I have loved writing Whatever After,…
Grief, grit and Fiordland truths
Queenstown author Peta Carey has one piece of advice for anyone sitting down to read her fourth book, The…
Patriotic Pride Takes Hold Above the 49th Parallel
President Donald Trump’s anti-Canadian jingoism has elicited a strong reaction on the other side of the 49th parallel,…
Book review: A Wunderkammer of poems is filled with mystery and creativity
“Lost Last Poems” By Shannon Gramse; Cirque Press, 2025; 123 pages; $15. Shannon Gramse’s “Lost Last Poems” is…
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem
In 1970, a New York publishing company put out a debut novel by an editor and former teacher…
The 100-year-old books salvaged from Venice’s floods
Wearing rubber boots, Zelano waded from the train station through Strada Nova, which was still about 40cm (1ft…
‘The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park’ by Michiko Aoyama – Book Review
Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block is the children’s playground, Hinode Park. Key points: If…