Sometimes books find you at the right place and time. It’s that time of year where the hustle and bustle has peaked and we are now in need of some peace and quiet. Leonard and Hungry Paul teaches everyone to break free from obligatory constraints and to operate in the peace of now; unshackle and […]
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It’s great to find this aperitif sized delicacy in the library. A short story of approximately 50 pages So Late in the Day was first published in the New Yorker in 2022. The brevity means you can readily read this vignette in an afternoon. So Late in the Day follows an afternoon and evening with
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We are well and truly into the 2025 Booker Prize season. What better way to recognise the literary quality that this prize highlights than to mention Small Things like These by the masterful short story writer, Claire Keegan. Published in 2021, Small Things like These won the 2022 Orwell Prize, as well as being shortlisted
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