It’s hard to say goodbye to a beloved fictional character. But here we are, waving farewell to Maisie Dobbs.“The Comfort of Ghosts,” publishing this week, is the 18th and final...
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Three Years on the Great Mountain: A Memoir of Zen and Fearlessness (Shambhala Publications) is an inspirational call to practice. As a young adult, author Cristina Moon protested for human...
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Book title: Funny Story Author: Emily Henry When Daphne’s fiancé Peter decides to break up with her after his bachelor party, Daphne’s life is in ruins. In the fallout, Daphne...
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Welcome to the Book Review Book Club. Every month, we select a book to discuss on our podcast and with our readers. Please leave your thoughts on this month’s book...
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PART testimony, fizzing through a catalogue of mildly self-deprecating anecdotes, part a series of life lessons, this first book from Kate Bottley is unlikely to win over anyone who isn’t...
Read moreIn downtown Washington, at the house where Abraham Lincoln died, there is a three-storey tower of books. Thirty-four feet tall, 8ft round, it is made of 6,800 volumes about the...
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NEGATIVE SPACE, by Gillian LindenReading Gillian Linden’s “Negative Space,” I kept thinking of the Lydia Davis story “Fear.” The story opens with a woman running out of her house, “face...
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Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | How to ListenColm Tóibín’s 2009 novel “Brooklyn” told the story of a meek young Irishwoman, Eilis Lacey, who emigrates to New York in the...
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Keith Hayward delivers a joyless ‘anti-woke’ tirade, with little insight into why adults struggle to progress Keith Hayward's pet peeves: From left, Naomi Osaka, Greta Thunberg and Katy PerryKeith Hayward...
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Morgan Talty has followed up on the success of his prize-winning story collection “Night of the Living Rez” with a poignant first novel that explores the charged question of what...
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