The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is one of the most anticipated books of the year, both here in-house and in the press, so we have gathered together some of our staff raves about Dominic Smith’s breathtaking new novel to share with you.… Read the rest
Our favourite book reviewer is back, and this time Astrid is tackling (quite literally) cats, or rather books about cats, and has developed her language skills from writing well thought out reviews to talking too!… Read the rest
2015 is just around the corner and with it comes one of our most anticipated and most loved books of the year, already! The First Bad Man by Miranda July is a huge staff favourite, so here’s a few folk to tell you why.… Read the rest
With a bit of a focus online about Men Reading Women (following on from #WritingWhileFemale – read how that started), I rounded up some of my fellow menfolk in the office to see what their faves of the year were, with a few of 2015 to look out for amongst their selections too.… Read the rest
Every year we have a staff vote on our favourite books, and every year we complain about the abysmal categorisation available, which makes us pick only ONE Adult Book, ONE Children’s Book and ONE Illustrated Book.… Read the rest
Ahhhh! This book! An easy prediction for the most talked about novel of the year, Tampa is a slice cut from the life of one Celeste Price, beautiful blond middle-school teacher and sexual predator with a predilection for 14 year old boys.… Read the rest
