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
Be royally entertained at Henley! UK’s leading book festival returns with starry line-up – including Sarah Ferguson, Gyles Brandreth and Sopranos star Stevie Van Zandt Henley Literary Festival returns next month both in person and online Sarah Ferguson and Alexandra Shulman are the latest additions to the line-up The Duchess of York will discuss her Mills … Read more
Where have all the rabbits gone? Ruth Pavey mourns the loss of wildlife from our childhood as rural environment is continuously put under threat Ruth Pavey’s book is an engaging follow-up memoir to A Wood Of One’s Own Book notes changes she has observed since buying her wood at auction in 1999 She mourns the … Read more
A new conservative publisher is launching with an anti-transgender children’s book. Brave Books’ first book, called Elephants are Not Birds, follows an elephant named Kevin and a vulture named Culture that tries to convince him he’s actually a bird because he can sing well. The vulture gives Kevin a beak and wings to wear – … 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
LITERARY FICTION By Anthony Cummins For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 20 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 May 2021 I COULDN’T LOVE YOU MORE by Esther Freud (Bloomsbury £16.99, 368 pp) I COULDN’T LOVE YOU MORE by Esther Freud (Bloomsbury £16.99, 368 pp) Hard on the heels of the recent inquiry into … Read more
CONTEMPORARY By Sara Lawrence for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 20 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 May 2021 SNOWFLAKE by Louise Nealon (Manilla Press £12.99, 304pp) SNOWFLAKE by Louise Nealon (Manilla Press £12.99, 304pp) This beautifully written debut often takes off on weird, unexpected tangents but becomes even more emotionally intelligent and … Read more
QUICK READS By Sally Morris for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 20 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 May 2021 This year is the 15th anniversary of the Quick Reads literacy initiative which targets the nearly nine million people in this country who find reading difficult, feel too busy to read a full-length … Read more