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‘a disquisition on the nature of storytelling itself … Engrossing at every level’ The Guardian
‘A subtle, erudite novel – a novel as French cinema, both in form and content’ Neil Griffiths, Republic of Conciousness
‘this portrayal of life in rural Wales through the eyes of children is convincing and magical.’ Victoria Hislop
‘Jane Austen fans are bound to relish this fine mix of social comedy and thwarted love.’ John Mullan
Sophie Hannah uncovers the dark obsessions and strange longings behind the most ordinary relationships
‘To read a Jamie essay is to be given a fresh lens through which to view the world.’ Amanda Bell, Irish Times
The original full colour book with its irresistible cut-out page designs and playful rhyming text
The universally appealing story of shy Toffle’s journey in search of friendship and confidence
A delightful story in rhyme and the very last glimpse of Moomin Valley as drawn by Jansson herself
“What sort of thing are you?” asked the little creature. “I’m a moomintroll,” answered Moomintroll” in the very first Moomin story.
‘these stories are a further revelation of Tove Jansson’s heart warming genius’ Ali Smith
‘One of those rare stories capable of making the reader feel at one with the writer.’ IRISH TIMES
‘I loved this book. It’s cool in both senses of the word... the characters still haunt me.’ RUTH RENDELL
Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize
‘The most significant work of Sri Lankan fiction in a decade’ New European
If you want to be a writer, then you'd better be ready to hurl yourself at the door …
‘A sparkling cocktail of bittersweet jokes and fizzing truth bombs’ Jonathan Coe
In beautifully crafted and deceptively light prose, Nakajima portrays men and women beset by cultural amnesia and unaware of how haunted they are …
It's the early 1950s. Ilka Weissnix, a newly arrived Jewish-Austrian refugee, boards a train from New York hoping to find a 'real American'. In a railroad bar she meets Carter Bayoux, an urbane Black American intellectual . . .
Ilka Weisz is in need not just of friends but ‘elective cousins’. She has left her home in New York to accept a junior teaching post at the prestigious Concordance Institute ...
Five close friends in their 90s meet – as they have for decades –for their monthly ‘ladies’ lunch’ to puzzle over and laugh at the enigmas and affronts of ageing.
An absorbing conversation about reading, the surplus of titles, and our own lack of time
