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The Haunted Wood by Sam Leith is a survey of childhood reading from Aesop to J. K. Rowling. With a focus on British children’s literature, Leith examines how ideals of what childhood should look like have shifted over the years … Continue reading →

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As always, I have been keeping an eye on new books coming soon in 2026, despite already having so many other books on my TBR list… In fiction, Departure(s) by Julian Barnes is said to be the Booker Prize-winning author’s … Continue reading →

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The 2025 debut novels which will stay with me are Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell about an emotionally abusive marriage and We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown about three teenage girls growing up in Doncaster. I also thought the … Continue reading →

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Homesick by Peter Apps is a study of the current housing crisis in London. The specific failures that led to the fire at Grenfell Tower are covered in Apps’ excellent book Show Me The Bodies, while Homesick examines the broader … Continue reading →

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The Bookseller of Hay by James Hanning is a biography of Richard Booth, the second-hand bookseller who helped establish Hay-on-Wye as the book town of Wales. To say that Booth, the self-proclaimed King of Hay, was a bit of a … Continue reading →

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