The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman - read an extract It is the early days of the French Revolution and, on the streets of Paris, terror reigns.Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand is a young woman with an extraordinary power... Books • 5 hrs
The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman - read an extract It is the early days of the French Revolution and, on the streets of Paris, terror reigns.Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand is a young woman with an extraordinary power... Books • 5 hrs
In Plain Sight by Joseph Birchall - read an extract Darcy has always dreamed of joining the serious crime detectives of the NBCI. She finally gets her chance to prove herself on what should have been an open-and-shut case... Books • 20 Jun
In Plain Sight by Joseph Birchall - read an extract Darcy has always dreamed of joining the serious crime detectives of the NBCI. She finally gets her chance to prove herself on what should have been an open-and-shut case... Books • 20 Jun
Extracted: Water in the Desert Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night is a novel about mothering, wolves, bicycles, midwifery, post-apocalyptic feminism, gold, hunger and hearth. Books • 17 May
Extracted: Water in the Desert Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night is a novel about mothering, wolves, bicycles, midwifery, post-apocalyptic feminism, gold, hunger and hearth. Books • 17 May
'Cinema, unlike television or device screens, hits every sense' In the Good Seats: Essays on Film is an arresting new collection of essays featuring some of the most talented writers working today, setting their sights on what's so alluring and moving about film and cinema. New Writing • 27 Feb
'Cinema, unlike television or device screens, hits every sense' In the Good Seats: Essays on Film is an arresting new collection of essays featuring some of the most talented writers working today, setting their sights on what's so alluring and moving about film and cinema. New Writing • 27 Feb
Extracted: There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem The name Dessaintes is one to reckon with. A bombastic, violent and increasingly dangerous clan, little do they know that their downfall is being chronicled by one of their own. New Writing • 31 Jan
Extracted: There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem The name Dessaintes is one to reckon with. A bombastic, violent and increasingly dangerous clan, little do they know that their downfall is being chronicled by one of their own. New Writing • 31 Jan
The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan - read an extract It's 1986 and 29-year-old Marlo O'Sullivan of London-Irish stock has just found out that his sister is his mother. To steady his life, he moves to Glengarriff, to a cottage he has inherited, in the stunning Beara Peninsula. Books • 09 Oct 24
The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan - read an extract It's 1986 and 29-year-old Marlo O'Sullivan of London-Irish stock has just found out that his sister is his mother. To steady his life, he moves to Glengarriff, to a cottage he has inherited, in the stunning Beara Peninsula. Books • 09 Oct 24
The Grateful Water by Juliana Adelman - read an extract When a young butcher spots a strange shape on the banks of the River Liffey in the hot summer of 1866, the city of Dublin is gripped by a grimy case of infanticide... Books • 27 Aug 24
The Grateful Water by Juliana Adelman - read an extract When a young butcher spots a strange shape on the banks of the River Liffey in the hot summer of 1866, the city of Dublin is gripped by a grimy case of infanticide... Books • 27 Aug 24
Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan - read an extract When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books... Books • 04 Aug 24
Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan - read an extract When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books... Books • 04 Aug 24
Monumenta by Lara Haworth - read an extract Olga Pavic's house has been requisitioned.The council will bulldoze it.Her home will become a monument to a massacre. Books • 05 Jul 24
Monumenta by Lara Haworth - read an extract Olga Pavic's house has been requisitioned.The council will bulldoze it.Her home will become a monument to a massacre. Books • 05 Jul 24
Francis Bacon's Nanny by Maylis Besserie - read an extract At the very centre of the life of one of the twentieth-century's greatest artists was the most unexpected of life-long influences... Books • 09 Jun 24
Francis Bacon's Nanny by Maylis Besserie - read an extract At the very centre of the life of one of the twentieth-century's greatest artists was the most unexpected of life-long influences... Books • 09 Jun 24
The Two Loves of Sophie Strom by Sam Taylor - read an extract One man, one choice, two lifetimes... Books • 07 May 24
The Two Loves of Sophie Strom by Sam Taylor - read an extract One man, one choice, two lifetimes... Books • 07 May 24
The Fates by Rosie Garland, extracted: Greek mythology reimagined Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates - three sisters born out of Nyx's darkness, destined to weave the lives, and deaths, of humankind for eternity. Books • 14 Apr 24
The Fates by Rosie Garland, extracted: Greek mythology reimagined Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates - three sisters born out of Nyx's darkness, destined to weave the lives, and deaths, of humankind for eternity. Books • 14 Apr 24
You Could Be So Pretty by Holly Bourne - read an extract In Belle and Joni's world there are two options for girls... Books • 25 Sep 23
You Could Be So Pretty by Holly Bourne - read an extract In Belle and Joni's world there are two options for girls... Books • 25 Sep 23
Maylis Besserie's Scattered Love and the ghost of W.B. Yeats We present an extract from Scattered Love, the new book by Maylis Besserie, translated by Clíona Ní Ríordáin. Books • 23 Jul 23
Maylis Besserie's Scattered Love and the ghost of W.B. Yeats We present an extract from Scattered Love, the new book by Maylis Besserie, translated by Clíona Ní Ríordáin. Books • 23 Jul 23
The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor - read an exclusive extract 1940, Kent: Alice King is not brave or daring—she's happiest finding adventure through the safe pages of books. But times of war demand courage... Books • 14 Jun 23
The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor - read an exclusive extract 1940, Kent: Alice King is not brave or daring—she's happiest finding adventure through the safe pages of books. But times of war demand courage... Books • 14 Jun 23
Disha Bose's Dirty Laundry: secrets, motherhood & murder in Cork We present an extract from Dirty Laundry, the debut novel by Disha Bose. Books • 03 Apr 23
Disha Bose's Dirty Laundry: secrets, motherhood & murder in Cork We present an extract from Dirty Laundry, the debut novel by Disha Bose. Books • 03 Apr 23
