Some years ago, my father-in-law gave me a secondhand boxset of facsimile editions of the first ten Penguins, released in…
This #WITMonth, it was the translator who attracted me to my featured title. I often find this is the case:…
This month, the seventh in my year of reading nothing new, I delved back further than usual. My edition of…
A new book? I hear you cry. Yes! And it’s one that you’ve helped me write. Relearning to Read: Adventures…
This book was one of two sent to me by Colin. He was going on a trip to Kosovo and…
Don’t judge a book by its cover, the saying goes. Frankly, though, if I were assessing Fatou Diome’s The Belly…
Back in 2012, when I tried to source and read a book from every country in the world, Kuwait was…
It’s nearly ten years since I started my Book of the month slot on this blog, after having been blown…
Last week I had a special experience. I was invited to the north eastern Indian state of Assam to participate…
Book publicists are a curious breed. Although I rarely accept proofs and buy almost all the books I feature on…