by Sue Pandit | Dec 3, 2020 | blog post
Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet has been crowned Waterstones’ Book of the Year 2020, claiming victory over the shortlist by ‘an overwhelming majority’. This book which focuses on the short life of Shakespeare’s son has already won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020....
by Sue Pandit | Oct 16, 2020 | blog post
The BBC2 has recently launched Between the Covers on Fridays at 7.30. The seven episodes are hosted by Sara Cox with four celebrity guests who discuss one particular Book of the Week title, their own recently published book, their favourite book and favourite...
by Sue Pandit | Oct 16, 2020 | blog post
The latest Booker shortlist was announced in mid September. This was variously described as diverse, fresh, and baffling. A lot of observers were dismayed by the absence of twice-winner Hilary Mantel. This is probably the best known fiction prize in the UK. It was...
by Sue Pandit | Oct 5, 2020 | blog post
The BLS is very pleased to give you more information about a new literary venture that the BLS is happy to support, taking place in Barnes this Autumn. On the 1st October tickets went on sale for the inaugural Barnes Book Festival. The brainchild of a heady mixture...
by Sue Pandit | Aug 13, 2020 | blog post
We are heading into the late summer / autumn book festival season. After the very successful on-line Hay festival in May we thought it would be interesting to tell you about the published plans for upcoming literary events. I am sure most of you have been to the...
by Penny Beck | Jun 25, 2020 | blog post
The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw, published in 2014 by Tinder Press ‘In Japan, we have a saying: If you want to see your life, you have to see it through the eyes of another.’ Spoken by one of the main characters early on, this provides the rationale for the narrative...
