Wendell Berry (1934-2026) was a poet, essayist, novelist, farmer, and environmentalist, who lived on a farm in rural Kentucky. He was known for his staunch rejection of technology throughout his...

This week, we have chosen Small Kindnesses by Danusha Laméris, a gentle poem on the small graces and kindnesses in our everyday lives.

Our poem for this week is The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin.

  This is a fictional collection of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905 when he was working at the patent office in Switzerland, while also building his theory of...

  Claudia Pineiro is one of Argentina’s foremost writers, generally acknowledged as the queen of crime fiction. What she is also known for is the piercing scrutiny of contemporary society...

Georges Perec (1936-1982) was a French writer known for his innovations in form. Things: A Story of the Sixties was titled Les Choses: une histoire des années soixante in the...

I intended to read Called by the Hills by Anuradha Roy soon after copies arrived at the bookshop last year. But then I learned that my sister had just finished...

A gentle and beautifully written debut novel about communication and human connection, and what it feels like for those with non-speaking autism to live in a world that, more often...

An introduction to Muriel Spark's entertaining and unpredictable novels. 

A new collection of essays from one of our all time favourite writers Anne Fadiman.

Antoine Laurain is one of my favourite writers. I pick up every one of his books expecting to love it, and he almost never disappoints. French Windows has all the elements that I associate with his writing. It's charming, quirky, and interesting. But this book has the added element of murder and mystery. You never quite know where it is going...

A quiet and introspective novella about work and what it means to us, the realities of aging, and loneliness.