It’s a question I asked myself after reading Asako Yuzuki’s much lauded novel, Butter. Most of the men featured are quite pathetic, barely able to...
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One feeds mind and soul, the other feeds the body. Apart from providing nourishment, there are other parallels between food and books. The 2023 Winner...
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Choosing a cover for a novel can sometimes feel as though it involves as much head-scratching and chin-tugging as writing the book. The initial cover...
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By the Time Dawn Breaks, a tale of mystery and magic in the Canary Islands is and isn’t a work of fiction. The characters in...
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How to choose a book to read. What a condescending title. Everyone knows how to choose books, don’t they? The answer to that question is...
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How do you fancy a plate of roast paw followed by tuna from the iron? These were two of the options I was presented with...
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The forthcoming release of the movie version of Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing got me thinking about great books that became bad movies, and...
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I put it partly down to TripAdvisor restaurant reviews that I don’t have as much hair now as I did ten years ago. With my...
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I’ve always believed people who read books are more receptive to new ideas. Possibly because that’s partly what I get from reading books. Review sites...
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