Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving. Mark Rubbo is reading Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

I took last week off and greedily devoured a number of books. The one I enjoyed most was last year’s Booker Prize winner, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. Set in Glasgow in Thatchers era, th…

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It’s a new year and this means it’s time to make a whole lot of resolutions that you may or may not keep. It’s also often an excuse for a big clean out and if you’re anything like us, we are certain that your bookshelf may be in need of some attention. Here is a handy quiz we’ve provided to help you decide whether you should keep a book – or whether it’s time to pass it on to a new reader. Q1…

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What better way to spend your summer holidays than getting some giggles and belly laughs? Here are our picks of funny books for kids aged 7-12. The Odds by Matt Stanton

Kip is a quiet and shy kid who struggles to fit in at school. She’s easy to miss and that’s the way she likes it. But when ten characters from her favourite comics, picture books, TV shows and video games – and her nightmare…

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Here are our 100 bestselling books from the past year.

Of the 100 books listed below…

43 are fiction 19 are non-fiction 11 are children’s books (6 picture books, 4 middle grade books and 1 non-fiction) 10 are cookbooks 8 are biographies or memoirs 5 are collected works (2 anthology, 3 single-authored collection) 4 are crime reads

Of the 102 authors (as well as editors, illustrators, transl…

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Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart The Survivors by Jane Harper Ottolenghi FLAVOUR by Yotam Ottolenghi & Ixta Belfrage The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams Honeybee by Craig Silvey Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey The Dry by Jane Harper What Is to Be Done by Barry Jones Phosphorescence by Julia Baird A Promised Land by Barack Obama

Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain…

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The Cousins by Karen M. McManus Bluey: The Pool The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 15) by Jeff Kinney Day Break by Amy McQuire & Matt Chun What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers The 130-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Real Pigeons, Book 1) by An…

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Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving. Angela Crocombe is reading Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale

This time of year is fantastic for getting large quantities of reading done, which I have certainly achieved. I bought my 12-year-old daughter a copy of Kind of a Big Deal by Shann…

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Costa Book Awards.

These awards honour some of the most outstanding books of the year written by authors based in the UK and Ireland, across five different categories. They are intended to reward the most enjoyable book in each category, with the winner of the overall £30,000 book of the year prize to be announced on 26 January.

First novel

The wi…

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Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart The Yield by Tara June Winch The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams Honeybee by Craig Silvey All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton The Survivors by Jane Harper Ottolenghi FLAVOUR by Yotam Ottolenghi & Ixta Belfrage A Promised Land by Barack Obama Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan What Is to Be Done by Barry Jones

Everyone has been enjoying delving into some qua…

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The Cousins by Karen M. McManus Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor We Are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad Code Name Bananas by David Walliams & Tony Ross Grime and Punishment (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 9) by Dav Pilkey Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World by Elena Favilli The 130-Storey Treehouse by Andy…

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