Cathy Rentzenbrink grew up in Yorkshire, spent many years in London, and now lives in Cornwall. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love, which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Prize, and the acclaimed memoirs A Manual for Heartache and Dear…
Having worked on the Women’s Prize for Fiction prior to leaving London for Sydney, it’s a prize I follow closely – and one whose shortlist I endeavour to read each year. I had already read The Vanishing Half by Brit…
Title: PachinkoAuthor: Min Jin LeeType: FictionPublished: 2017Pages: 531TW: Xenophobia, Suicide, Death, Sexual Assault, Alcoholism, Racism, Paedophilia Pachinko is a work of historical fiction spanning almost 80 years. It starts in South Korea, in a village called Gohyang; fifteen-year-old Sunja and…
The idea is that each month Poems by Post commission a brand new poem from a different poet, type it up by hand on a typewriter (called Erika), and post it out to their subscribers. They commission artists to design…
She jumped when he started screaming. The branch and roots tugged away from one another. Not wanting Ashley to witness the inevitable, she covered her daughter’s eyes, unable to avert her own. Twitter: When she checked on Ant Man,…
The book is a countdown over 39 days to the fair and chronicles Fiona’s attempts to find out how her sister died, get her parents to agree to let her go; get enough money for rides, and oh, get some…
Would it be too arrogant to suggest that the Too Much trilogy would make a great Netflix series? For anyone into tales of relationships ruptured by reversal, it would be a must watch. Thanks to five-star reviews and the lavish…
Gillian McAllister’s latest novel, That Night, asks how far you would go to protect your family. Cathy, Joe and Frannie are siblings. On a holiday in Italy Cathy receives a phone call from Frannie. She’s killed a man by accident…
London, 2004. Frankie didn’t always have it easy. Growing up motherless, she was raised by her grandmother, who loved her – and betrayed her. For years, the rift between them seemed irreparable. But when their paths suddenly cross again, Frankie is…
AUTHOR LINKS ABOUT THE AUTHOR Her first two books, My Mother’s Shadow and Summer of Secrets, have both been international bestsellers and were translated widely around the world. Nikola lives in Frankfurt with her husband and two boys (and a…
