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Walking up the hill through Ambleside, you’ll see the sign you’ve been looking for, Fred’s Bookshop, at the top of the high …
It is perhaps worth mentioning that I started writing this review on the 4th of July, American Independence Day; a day when …
My Name Is Lucy Barton is Elizabeth Strout’s fifth novel, and the first of the Lucy Barton collection. Published in 2016, it …
You can tell from the moment you see Commonwealth Books that it has character: situated next to Boston’s oldest street and opening …
She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is an epic tale of turning tragedy into power, how the pain of the …
The Trees was first published in 2021 and subsequently shortlisted for 2022’s Booker Prize as well as winning the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse …
Published in 2024, The List of Suspicious Things is the wonderful debut novel from Jennie Godfrey. It’s a story uncovering a mystery, …
Fundamentally is Younis’ debut, published in February this year. The work is already attracting a heap of positive attention: Younis has been …
The Color Purple was first published in 1982 and won critical acclaim with the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book …
The 50th anniversary edition of The Peregrine (first published in 1967) is a truly magnificent piece of nature writing. Written in diary …
High Peak Bookstore & Cafe has a good feeling as soon as you arrive; the sound of birds flitting in and out …
I’d heard so many great things about this book. Quite simply, it is fantastic. The very many awards and shortlists support that …
Published this year (2025), Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures is Farrer’s second book after the award winning Cold Fish Soup. Broken …
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones was first published in 2006 and is a fictional tale based on the 1980s Bougainville Island civil …
For our first Books and Brews review it is local favourite, House of Books & Friends. If you’re in the centre of …
Black butterflies is a truly gripping turmoiled tale of hope, love and heart-wrenching grief. Based in 1992, the book is set during …
The Boy from the Sea is a debut of sorts from Carr. This is his first outing in adult fiction, having already …