WHAT BOOK would author Richard Flanagan take to a desert island? Author Richard Flanagan is currently reading James Rebanks’ English Pastoral He would take Anna Karenina to a desert island as he re-reads it every few years Richard’s own father was a reciter of poetry and it gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: … Read more
Children across the country will be able to access books online for FREE every week during school closures – and it kicks off with Jacqueline Wilson’s The Story Of Tracy Beaker Oak National Academy is launching a virtual library so children can read more Children will be provided with a free-to-access book every week from … Read more
SEED TO DUST: A GARDENER’S STORY by Marc Hamer (Harvill Secker £14.99, 416pp) For more than two decades, Marc Hamer has tended a garden that he doesn’t own. Now he has published what feels more or less like his private gardening journal, in sections with titles such as Pruning Roses, Swifts Arrive and Solstice. But … Read more
WHAT BOOK would historical novelist Kate Mosse take to a desert island? Kate Mosse is currently re-reading all Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple novels She said she would take T S Eliot’s Four Quartets with her to a desert island The novelist said Marcel Proust’s Remembrance Of Things Past left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more
ART TRAVELS OF A PAINTER by James Reeve (Unity Press £25, 320 pp) James Reeve belongs to that rare breed of artists who can write. Not that you will learn anything about his painting methods in this book, but it is a delightfully entertaining, if often shocking, memoir, an escapist antidote to our lockdown times. … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Meg Rosoff take to a desert island? Meg Rosoff has recently read Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror And The Light She would take James Thurber’s essay, The Dog That Bit People to a desert island American author said Lord Of The Flies by William Golding left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 7 January … Read more
Earlier this week, I noted quite how many self-help guides are very similar, their short-cuts to wisdom and happiness weirdly interchangeable. In 1952, Norman Vincent Peale wrote the best-selling self-help book The Power Of Positive Thinking, and, nearly 70 years on, it seems that everyone entering the market has to emphasise positivity. To demonstrate this, … Read more
Best books on shops: Author Patricia Nicol recommends tomes about retail Author Patricia Nicol recommends best selection of books on shops She said it comes at a time of high-street retailers struggling against economy Recommendations included Barbara Taylor Bradford’s A Woman Of Substance By Patricia Nicol For The Daily Mail Published: 22:13 GMT, 13 December 2020 … Read more
All wrapped up: Bel Mooney reveals the best art books you can find for gifting those who love creativity Bel Mooney rounded up a selection of this year’s must-read art books British literary critic selected tomes to suit all budgets this Christmas Highlights include Spirit Of Place: Artists, Writers And The British Landscape By Bel Mooney … Read more
A top Christmas tip from Jilly — put down your duster! This year’s best tomes for filling stockings revealed Mark Mason reveals a selection of the best books for filling Christmas stockings British literary critic said dieting tip of the year comes from Between The Covers Book features collection of Jilly Cooper’s newspaper columns from the 1970s … Read more