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The writer’s map ed. by Huw Lewis-Jones
I love maps real or imagined so this book with the subtitle An Atlas of Imaginary Lands is something I could pore over for weeks.…
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Loitering with intent by Muriel Spark
A poet and novelist looks back on her life as a penniless author and describes her transformation into someone who lives for writing, who will…
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There are rivers in the sky by Elif Shafak
This story starts with a raindrop falling on the head of King Ashurbanipal, ruler and murderer of people but also holder of the most miraculous…
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Now we shall be entirely free by Andrew miller
In the early 1800s John Lacroix returns home from fighting in Spain. His injuries are not obvious, but injured he is and exhausted. His housemaid…
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Snowdrops by A. D. Miller
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Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
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Set in the future when the waters have risen, The Morningside shows us a world that could be ours. Not too far away to be…
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This was a book chosen for our book group and sparked wide-ranging discussions from AI to the number of ‘Lawrences’ that we know and so…
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I recently watched a short snippet of the Australian version of Goggle Box where they were commenting on a programme that integrated four year olds…
Trying to read all the good books 