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: Humour
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...
Anxious People
In a small town in Sweden it appears to be an ordinary day. But look more closely, and you'll see a mysterious masked figure approaching a bank...
Two hours later, chaos has descended. A...
The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp
Becky Sharp’s childhood was characterised by dire poverty and the lack of a parental figure so when Becky ends up on Big Brother, she used the chance to try to improve her situation. She...
Mad Girl: A Happy Life With a Mixed Up Mind
Bryony Gordon has OCD.
It's caused alopecia, bulimia, and drug dependency. And Bryony is sick of it. Keeping silent about her illness has given it a cachet it simply does not deserve, so here...
On The Bright Side: The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 years old
Hendrik Groen is back with a new diary about growing old disgracefully.
Five Give Up The Drink
Five Give Up The Drink is a brilliant reworking of the much loved books by Enid Blyton. Bruno Vincent writes them very much in Enid Blyton’s style but is very much directed at an adult reader....
The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year
The day her twins leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop! I want to get off'. Finally, this is her chance.
Her...
