My earliest reading memory My mother always read me a bedtime story, but by around age three, I was not looking at the pictures but reading the text. After that, I read to myself,... Read more »
Dogs, Dogs, Dogs by John Devolle, Pushkin, £12.99 “Old dogs, young dogs, dogs on wheels, dogs that want to eat your meals” – this “very silly book about dogs” is a polychromatic... Read more »
Not so, according to Hemingway. Conrad is “very skillful,” he tells Breit in the June 11th letter, but “he would never convince the boys.” The “Matador” author photo shows Conrad by a... Read more »
John Field and Adelaide Percheron, the protagonists in my new book, were born in the eighteenth century. Was I writing a historical novel? Source link Read more »
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The novel is set in an America partitioned into two factions: the Dakota Membership, presumably made up of North and South Dakota, and Still United, an agglomeration of other states of the... Read more »
Once Upon a Tiger by Sarah Massini, S&S, £14.99Tiger is irate to find three cheeky human cubs climbing on his back – but when they refuse to be scared off, he becomes... Read more »
This week, The New Yorker is announcing the longlists for the 2026 National Book Awards, including Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. To receive book recommendations from our writers... Read more »
Small Monster, Big Monster by Allan Sanders, Phaidon, £7.95Refrigerator is EMPTY. Monster is FULL (of pizza!). An eye-wateringly bright board book, featuring splendidly zany, toddler-pleasing pairs of opposites. The Flying Machine of... Read more »