The Diary of a Bookseller
Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all...
Books: Popular Culture
How Love Actually Ruined Christmas
RARELY HAS THE POWER OF CINEMA BEEN FELT BY SO MANY, IN SUCH OPPOSING WAYS…
‘Love Actually dulls the critical senses, making those susceptible to its hallucinogenic powers think they’ve seen...
Curious Pursuits Occasional Writing
Curious Pursuits is a collection of personal essays, book reviews and articles from the fierce, ingenious mind of Margaret Atwood, ranging from 1970 to the present.
Atwood remembers moving to...
Stuff I've Been Reading
'Stuff I've been reading' is a collection of articles chronicling books Nick Hornby has read and bought over a period of time. His reading taste is varied covering everything from books...
Life Honestly: Strong Opinions From Smart Women
Life Honestly is a guide to modern life from some of today's most talented and insightful writers.
Within this book there are stories from bad sex to bad boys, from inequality to the joy of...
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession
A collection of essays on an American cultures obsession with dead women and on a variety of subjects ranging from witches and werewolves to toxic masculinity.
The Thrill of Repulsion: Excursions into Horror Culture
This collection of carefully curated lists, articles, and interviews celebrates the beleaguered horror genre across different media while tracing the history of its acceptance into popular culture....
