Booker Prize 2020
The winner is Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. The novel is set in 1981 Glasgow and concerns poverty, alcoholism and the boy Shuggie who in “no right”. This is a…
International Booker Prize 2020
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke L. Rijneveld has been awarded the 2020 International Booker prize. It has been translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison who is joint sharer…
Simon Brett’s New Crime Series
Our patron, Simon Brett, has a new book out called The Clutter Corpse. It is the first in his new crime series inspired by his encounter with a Clutter Queen…
Booker Prize 2019
The Booker Prize for Fiction this year was awarded jointly to Margaret Atwood for The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo for Girl, Woman, Other. The prize is awarded for the best…
Why was Billy Bunter Never Really Expelled?
This intriguing title of some twenty-five essays on children’s literature is due for publication in September ’19 and has been reviewed by our longstanding member, Nigel Gossop. Follow the link…