Paula Byrne has penned a biography about Barbara Pym, from Oswestry, Shropshire, whose great novels include Some Tame Gazelle, Excellent Women as well as Jane And Prudence.
Contrary to popular opinion, women don’t read erotic novels like Fifty Shades of Grey for a cheap sexual thrill, according to a new study. Researchers in Germany wanted to find out the motivations for buying and reading erotic novels, to explain why the genre has been so successful in the last 10 years. Their survey of more … Read more
Katie Holmes bundles up in double-breasted beige coat to shop for new novels while solo in NYC By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 00:04 GMT, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 01:38 GMT, 16 November 2020 Dawson’s Creek alum Katie Holmes shopped for new novels while solo at a bookshop in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood on Sunday. … Read more
LITERARY FICTION ANTHONY CUMMINS OLIGARCHY by Scarlett Thomas (Canongate £14.99) OLIGARCHY by Scarlett Thomas (Canongate £14.99) Nothing I’d previously read by Scarlett Thomas prepared me for the wall-to-wall joy of Oligarchy — a wickedly well-turned black comedy centred on an Instagram-fuelled wave of anorexia among teenage girls at a Home Counties boarding school favoured by … Read more