The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick– Lessons in Chemistry [ About Lessons in Chemistry ] Your ability to change everything – including yourself – starts here Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there…
‘EVERY FAMILY HAS SECRETS. SOME ARE JUST BETTER AT HIDING THEIRS…‘– The Last Days Of Joy [ About The Last Days of Joy ] MEET THE TOBIN FAMILY …Joy, the complicated, troubled motherShe’s spent her life running from her past while trying to raise her children as best she can. Conor, the high-achieving eldest childA…
A pregnant Sam Shephard investigates the murder of an expectant mother in Dunedin, as it becomes clear that the killer is ready to strike again– Expectant [ About Expectant ] A killer targeting pregnant women.A detective expecting her first baby… The shocking murder of a heavily pregnant woman throws the New Zealand city of Dunedin…
The 2023 Rathbones Folio Prize, which was established in 2013, is described as ‘borderless and open to all genres – fiction, non-fiction, and poetry – which means it reflects a greater diversity and variety of voices present in our literary culture and society as a whole.‘ The winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize will be…
‘The powerful tale of a girl who feels broken, and the dolphin who makes her whole’– Wider Than The Sea by Serena Molloy [ About Wider Than The Sea by Serena Molloy ] Ró finds school impossible. When she reads, the words seem to jump around on the page. and she just can’t make them…
‘When three people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake completely recovered, they’re convinced their ordeal is connected to the alien creature discovered on a nearby beach…‘– The Space Between Us [ About The Space Between Us ] Connecting will change everything… Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is…
Little Clothbound Classics are collectable, small format editions of short stories, novellas and essays that celebrate the range of the Penguin Classics list. I was so thrilled to be sent two of these absolutely perfect little books courtesy of Penguin UK – Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke and Moonlight by Guy…
“We live at a crux time, where burning ecological issues have never been so urgently in need of attention. As we grapple with matters of loss and destruction, it can be easy to lose sight of the natural bounty that exists all around us”Wild Embrace – Connecting to the Wonder of Ireland’s Natural World Wild…
‘They’ll find you love even if they can’t find it for themselves‘– Mrs Hart’s Marriage Bureau [ About Mrs Hart’s Marriage Bureau ] April McVey hasn’t a romantic bone in her body. So how has she found herself at the door of Mrs Hart’s Marriage Bureau, job application in hand? Matchmaker Martha hopes the lively…
Founded in 1991, The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award recognises the best literary work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish writer of 35 and under. This year’s judges are spearheaded by the former Literary Editor of The Sunday Times Andrew Holgate, who remains as Chair of…