Well, Christmas is finally upon us. Probably you’re doing the final run-throughs in your head, making sure that you have gotten everything that you need, that everyone is catered for and that all of your gifts are top-notch. But, it never really ends, does it? Not...
Here are some more selections for those in your life more likely to prefer facts and opinion (and food) to fiction. There’s an incredible variety of topics, observations and guides to choose from this time of year, and there’s pretty much no chance that you’ll...
As you all will have gathered by now, there’s a massive amount of new and brilliant fiction to choose from as far as Christmas gifts go this year. But it’s always handy to have some recommendations from which to specifically pick the best for the fiction-lovers in...
Obviously it goes without saying that you’ll all be getting the important young people in your lives books this Christmas. If I could go back in time, I’d tell my younger self to forget about all the toys and fads that vie for top spot on the wish list and put books...
In addition to all the great fiction available this year, there is also a pretty great selection of new non-fiction from which to choose. Which is excellent, because, as you well know, some avid readers are not so much into the made-up. Therefore, here are five...
We are positively flush this holiday season with great new fiction offerings. Personally, I’ve always tried to abide by the rule “one for me, one for you” when buying books as presents (because that way you guarantee yourself immense joy on both sides of the literary...
Is it possible to conjure absolute dread with just a single sentence? Well, yes. Often you’ll be needing more than that (a whole book is usually recommended), but these creepy lines are a testament to what can be triggered in the mind by a few well-chosen words....
Within the many genres that go into making up modern literature, horror has a special place. The shelves are positively teeming with vampires, zombies, psychos, apocalypses… it’s a wonder they don’t drip when we aren’t looking. And yet, as a subset of fiction, it...
This Halloween week, or indeed any week, you can get your shivers and chills from a good monster story or a dark paranormal encounter… or you can gaze into the fascinatingly heinous minds of people harbouring true wickedness. Christopher Berry-Dee is one of the...
Do kids still do a Christmas list every year? I hope that’s still a thing. But mostly, I hope that said list consists of nothing but books! Sort out Christmas gifts for the young folks early this year, save yourselves the stress of the last minute rush, and save a...
