To me, Butter by Asako Yuzuki is a compelling amalgam of crime fiction and cookbook. It was a single sleeve…
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Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov is about life in a war zone, specifically the zone of Donbas which in 2014,…
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James by Percival Everett is the retelling of a story first published in 1884 – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain…
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Small Island by Andrea Levy is essentially about the Windrush generation and how their lives were affected by their decision…
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M emphis by Tara M. Stringfellow is a glorious homage to the strength, beauty, and power of black women. Told…
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Browsing the displays in Waterstones a few weeks ago, Jack read out the opening paragraph of The Heart’s Invisible Furies:…
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Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce is historic fiction set in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth centuries and…
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I’ve heard it said that Gal Gadot’s 2017 Wonder Woman is an amazing role model for women. I disagree. To…
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A nthony Doerr’s writing makes me want to give up any pretence at being a writer and find something else…
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