WHAT BOOK would author Katie Piper take to a desert island? By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 17:35 EDT, 16 September 2021 | Updated: 17:35 EDT, 16 September 2021 British author Katie Piper is currently reading the ‘brilliant Lucky by Ed Jackson, which is part autobiography and part self-improvement.’ … are you reading now? The brilliant … Read more
A sequel to success for Kazuo Ishiguro? Author could win his second Booker Prize… 32 years after his first Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is in the running to win the Booker Prize as his latest novel, Klara And The Sun, has been longlisted for this year’s prize This is the fifth time the British writer has … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Santa Montefiore take to a desert island? By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:45 BST, 15 July 2021 | Updated: 22:45 BST, 15 July 2021 Author Santa Montefiore (pictured) would take Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth to a desert island …are you reading now? Sue Monk Kidd’s The Book Of Longings. This … Read more
HOW DO YOU FIGHT A HORSE-SIZED DUCK? by William Poundstone (Oneworld £16.99, 320pp) Jack is looking at Ann. Ann is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? If, like me and virtually everyone else who hears this question, you replied ‘It depends on … Read more
NATURE THE WOOD AGE by Roland Ennos (William Collins £20, 336 pp) If your surname is Cooper, Carpenter, Wheelwright, Wainwright, Shipwright, Bowyer, Fletcher, Turner, Bowler, Sawyer or Forester, then one of your ancestors worked with hand tools and wood. One thing this wonderful book reminds you of is the resourcefulness of our forebears, who grew … Read more
Fifty Shades author E. L. James says she originally aimed to sell 5,000 books when she wrote the erotic novel that sold more than 125 million copies – and doesn’t rule out revisiting the series E. L. James, 58, recently released latest in the latest in the Fifty Shades franchise Original erotic trilogy sold 150 million … Read more
Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other works, has died at age 91. He was at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Dorothy Soames was abandoned at London’s Foundling Hospital as a baby and had a childhood where physical punishment was common and was ‘bereft of love and tenderness’.
Cottrell-Boyce worked on the opening ceremony with director Danny Boyle for a year. But he says it was an honour to be asked. His latest novel for nine to 12-year-olds is Noah’s Gold.
Bestselling author Kate Mosse describes being a carer for her ageing parents and her mother-in-law in a moving new book, An Extra Pair Of Hands.