‘A fascinating mix of literary criticism, cultural history and memoir … Highly enjoyable’ Sunday TimesHow might we live more freely, and will we be happier or lonelier if we do? Rereading The Golden Notebook in her thirties, Lara Feigel discovered…
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Selected by Emma Watson as an Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick ‘I loved it’ Kate Tempest ‘Astounding’ Roxane Gay ‘A sledgehammer’ New York TimesHeart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman’s coming…
The deliciously funny confessions of a debutante which became an international bestseller It is the early 1960s, and eighteen-year-old Charlotte Bingham, fresh from convent school, has been catapulted into the horrors of The Season. Though desperately on the hunt for…
The autumn of that year was the most beautiful I can remember.All Among the Barley is a classic novel of rural life with unsettling modern relevance. Set on a Suffolk farm between the wars, it features fourteen-year-old Edie and her…
What do you lose when you lose your memories? What do you value when this loss reframes how you’ve lived, and how you will live in the future? How do you conceive of love when you can no longer recognise…
A moving account drawing on Christian and Buddhist traditions of how the practice of meditation can allow us to accomplish ‘the gentle pilgrimage of recovery’ from depression ‘What if the suffering that we call depression contains experiences and lessons without…
The debut short story collection from Nicole Flattery, winner of the White Review Short Story Prize. ‘I first encountered Nicole Flattery’s work through the Stinging Fly, and I’m forever grateful I did’ SALLY ROONEY ‘Demands repeated reading. These stories are…
The story of how Sky became one of Britain’s most successful companies and the hottest property in global entertainment. From perilous early years through clashes with the BBC and BT, not to mention the News Corporation bid for full control…
The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves and losses of a young Sidney Chambers in post-war London It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the quickstep with Amanda Kendall at her brother Robert’s…
The wonders of engineering revealed – by the inspirational young female engineer behind The Shard, Western Europe’s tallest building ‘A fascinating celebration of the impact that structural engineering has on all our lives…[an] eyeopening book’ The Sunday Times In BUILT,…
Just like 100 Great Indian Poems, 100 More Great Indian Poems brings forth the richness and diversity of poetry that exists in India’s myriad languages and dialects. It also highlights the achievements of Indian poetry written in English by Indian…