Papyrus: The invention of books in the ancient world by Irene Vallejo
If I had to choose a favourite book among all those read in 2022 (the list is long, believe me), I would not hesitate to…
If I had to choose a favourite book among all those read in 2022 (the list is long, believe me), I would not hesitate to…
Welcome to Dr. Siri Paiboun’s world! It’s 1976 and Laos has experienced ‘a quiet transition from what the president called ‘a bastardised version of America’…
‘Opportunity and refuge: the privilege of the migrant Australian. Our lifelong responsibility and debt to be repaid. Opportunity and refuge: the entitlement of the white…
How to review this extraordinary book? You will find it in the Science Fiction section of the library/bookshop but that is misleading. Yes, the plot…
The author (or publicist) is a master of the innocuous sounding book title. A World of Curiosities refers to a master painting found bricked up…
In the secret tunnels under the heart of London, a mysterious group of detectives recruited for Miss Brickett’s Investigations & Inquires use their cunning and…
Lots of fun! If you’re a fan of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club then I guarantee you’ll enjoy this book. Judith Potts is seventy-seven…
‘How do we do it? How do we accept the unacceptable?’ This is the last book in the trilogy that began with the wonderful The…
Set in India in 1921 The Widows of Malabar Hill gives a fascinating insight into the complexities of being an Indian woman with ambition at…
Having thoroughly enjoyed the new tv series Three Pines, I felt impelled to explore the books on which it is based. So I started with…
In Entangled life Sheldrake explores the unsung role fungi has and always will play in our lives. This book may seem quite esoteric at first…
I read this book in a day! It’s got everything! The Russian mob; several murders; police corruption; art fraud and more! Barry Maitland is an…