What you should be reading in 2023

What you should be reading in 2023 according to 12 different literary sites.

An insider look at Christmas book selling

Christmas book buying can be a fraught experience, especially if you’re the one behind the counter.

Bookstores at Christmas

Books make the perfect gift and bookstores at Christmas are primed to benefit from this seasonal bounty.

Janet Malcolm’s “Still Pictures”

“Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory”, by Janet Malcolm is a look back at her life as seen through the camera lens.

Maurice Saatchi arrives in Heaven

Maurice Saatchi has written a remarkable book “Do Not Resuscitate”, the opening scene of which finds him jostling with a desperate crowd at the gates of heaven.

American Dirt – Cultural Appropriation or Just a Great Story?

The best-seller “American Dirt” by Jeannine Cummins provoked a storm of controversy, with claims it was a blatant case of cultural appropriation. Are such claims valid, or is it a case of political correctness gone mad?

French Desserts

French desserts are delicious to taste and beautiful to look at because they’re created with that special passion the French bring to their cuisine.

The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz

“The Latecomer” fulfils all the things we’ve come to expect from Jean Hanff Korelitz and more – great plot, amazing characters and a smorgasbord of themes.

The Ways We Talk About Cancer

Elaine Schattner’s forthcoming book “From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer” probes the evolution in attitudes towards cancer that have shaped our responses to the disease since the late nineteenth century to the present day.

Why Do Writers Write?

Why do writers write? Both Joan Didion and George Orwell have answered this question as have many famous authors but are their reasons the full story?