Really enjoyed June from a reading perspective. Six months into the year and firmly settled into a pattern of reading seven books a month wi...

"I have always dreamed of a book with a last chapter that was unnecessary, that went on too long, that took place somewhere else, with ...

There are some things that really chime with me with this book. Firstly the author is stuck on a trade magazine dreaming of better things. S...

This is a promotional bookmark for Horrid Henry. He is a boy who tends to say things about teachers you might think but not say out loud and...

Parents are encouraged to read to their children because it plants the seed of love for the written word but I'm going to have to confes...

"I know now that the happiest period of my life began about then, even if, if truth be told, the bad times were waiting behind all the ...

The second session from Sunday's World Literature Weekend event held by the London Review Bookshop provided a chance to have a debate ab...

Having been lucky enough to get to the London Review Bookshop World Literature Weekend at the British Museum yesterday I wanted to provide ...

This bookmark came with a certificate to tell me my son has had a poem published in a book. It is a bit of a gimmick to get parents to part ...

Gently but masterfully you find yourself being taken by the hand into a world of rural Spain in the early years of the 20th century. The mai...

The London Review of Books World Literature Weekend kicked off tonight with a get together in the bookshop in Bloomsbury. Among the transla...

Some books are put together with such care that just the experience of opening up the covers is a pleasure in itself. Even before you read t...

Even at the half way stage there are several things that you can say about this book. Firstly the writing is tight and clever with a number ...

"I felt as through i was being wheeled into an operating room. I thought: I am in the women's bathroom in the Faculty of Philosophy...

Not sure if I have done this one already but it is worth a repeat. Will be here next weekend for the World Literature Weekend which is also ...