A Few Good Books
On our blog, we talk about our favourite books and authors, old and new, books that stayed with us long after we were done reading, the ones we might gently press into the hands of other readers.
Book Recommendation: A Month in the Country by J L Carr
Published in 1980, this slim novel (at just over a 100 pages) is perfect for a quiet afternoon. But believe me, you will want it to last longer, and to read slower, to soak it all in...
Writers in Profile: Laurie Colwin
Laurie Colwin is a novelist who liked to cook, and to write about food, which she does even in her novels. She wrote five popular novels, three collections of short stories, and two collections of essays about food and life in the kitchen...
Book Recommendation: Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
Some books are hard to summarise. A novel about astronomy, religion, friendship and unrequited love, Enlightenment by Sarah Perry is all of these things. What will stay with me though is the atmosphere of the bleak Essex landscape, Perry’s beautiful and unhurried telling of a complex tale, and the character of the protagonist, Thomas Hart...