By Any Other Name
What if the greatest writer of all time isn’t who we think he is?
What if he isn’t even a he?
Step back four hundred years and discover the female author who hid behind the mask of the man we...
Book Reviews: Literature
The Orwell Tour Travels through the life and work of George Orwell
A travelogue exploring the life and work of George Orwell through the places he lived, worked and wrote
Blurb Your Enthusiasm
The dazzling, staggering, astonishing, unputdownable* story of the book blurb, filled with writing tips, literary folklore and publishing secrets
The Cat Who Saved Books
Grandpa used to say it all the time: books have tremendous power. But what is that power really?
The Last Library
You can tell a lot about a person from the library books they borrow
The Diary of a Bookseller
An inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles with his own staff
Dear Reader
Dear Reader is a moving, funny and joyous exploration of how books can change the course of your life, packed with recommendations from one reader to another.
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
Ever since he was little Charley has had a secret ability that nobody outside of his immediate family knew about. He is able to bring any literary character out of their book and into the real world....
The Pleasure of Reading
In this delightful collection forty-three acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read and what makes them continue to do so. First published in...
Becoming Mrs Lewis
A novel about Joy Davidman, the woman C. S. Lewis called “my whole world.†When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis—known as Jack—she was...
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...
