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The Lost Boy - Tóth Patrik
29+ min ago (148+ words) Everything started when I was five years old, when my life completely fell apart. One night, I woke up to loud shouting. When I looked outside my room, I saw my parents arguing. My father even shouted at my mother....
The terrific contradictions of Jan Morris
44+ min ago (145+ words) Next posting, Palestine. Wheeler writes that Morris "was the 20th century, and certainly he had a knack for being where history was made. Palestine in 1947, between the King David Hotel bombing and the Nakba, was just such place. There, wrote Morris,…...
Gwendoline Riley's search for a new compulsion
54+ min ago (1671+ words) Gwendoline Riley's search for a new compulsion'New Statesman Gwendoline Riley's novels are not exactly easy to read and they were not, it would seem, easy to write. "I have to get to the point where my only two options are:…...
Welwyn Garden City author releases second book
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (129+ words) A prehistoric adventure is bringing the Stone Age to life for young readers. Stone Warriors, the second children's novel by author Elizabeth Barber, follows Ekri of the Roaring Bears tribe as he fights for survival after a brutal attack by…...
Interview With Lish McBride, Author Of 'Most Likely To Murder"
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (572+ words) Heralded as One of Us is Lying meets Heathers, Most Likely to Murder is funny and creative, heartfelt, and yes, bloody! Yearbook superlatives are given a killer twist when Meadowvale High's "Most Likely To" titles predict the gruesome deaths of…...
Arming the dragon
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (67+ words) Arming the dragon'The Spectator Latest issue April 13 2026 Many of us, if told we must live by foraging in the wild, would quickly go toes up " from fear, not malnourishment, like the birds in Ol" Paul the Mighty Logger, who saw…...
Claudia Durastanti: There are authors who work at the margins and do not give lessons
10+ hour, 32+ min ago (126+ words) Why a title like Missit'lia? There is a sentence that caught my attention: a character says that history is like a werewolf. It also speaks a lot about the difference between north and south. A character talks about being a…...
Côte St. Luc-born author pens debut novel
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (456+ words) Judy Batalion's The Last Woman of Warsaw. Bestselling author Judy Batalion, originally of C'te Saint-Luc. "Have you heard about the attacks on Jewish students?" Not at McGill, Concordia, or Columbia, but in Poland, 1938, the setting of Judy Batalion's debut novel,…...
Five new books to read this week
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (121+ words) By Prudence Wade, Press Association This week, a hugely popular French children's book is translated into English" 1. Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh is published in hardback by Hamish Hamilton. Available now 2. The Body Builders by Albertine Clarke is published in hardback…...
5 new books to read this week
37+ min ago (192+ words) 08 Apr 2026 11:25 AM This week, a hugely popular French children's book is translated into English" 1. Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh is published in hardback by Hamish Hamilton, priced "18.99 (ebook "9.99). Available now 2. The Body Builders by Albertine Clarke is published in hardback by…...