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What makes us pick up a book?
Independent thoughts blog Ever since visiting Three Lives bookshop in Greenwich Village, NYC, over twenty years ago, I have made a point of returning each time I am in the city. The first time I visited its idiosyncratic shelves it gave me as big a...
‘the political passion of someone who really cares about what he is doing’
'A book that informs as much as it entertains, but also that encourages you to think and look at the world from a different perspective.' Thank you Pipeline Dreams for your thoughtful review of Times Like These.
What will you confess?
What times have you feared for your life? Who do you most love to make laugh, and why? When, if ever, has it been necessary to take revenge? The Confession Album is a gorgeous guided journal, perfect for connecting with loved ones - and yourself! -...
Twelve tips for permanent weight loss
In Grace Kitto’s memoir of weight loss, Saving Grace, she outlines 12 points to permanent weight loss. They are: Do the mental work The biggest help you can give yourself is to be your own detective. Work through your history and your present to...
‘A mountain treasure hunt wrapped in a eulogy for the fleeting seasons’
Ahead of Among the Summer Snow's paperback publication next month, Trail magazine has published this terrific review. 'Strange, beautiful, eerie and unique, this is the best mountain book I've read in years'
Out now! Times Like These
Happy publication day to David Ziggy Greene for Times Like These, his collection of graphic reportage from his Scene & Heard column in Private Eye. The comics community is loving the book, with fantastic coverage from Forbidden Planet...
‘A fascinating series of snapshots of society’
With David Ziggy Greene's reportage from Private Eye's Scene & Heard column, Times Like These, out next week, we have had some wonderful advance publicity. ‘Scene and Heard does the opposite of that soul-crushing dehumanisation that much of the...
A lick of self-sabotage …
Happy publication day to Grace Kitto, whose memoir Saving Grace is out today. This fabulously feminist tale of weight loss won the Mslexia memoir competition, and is a very inspiring, uplifting and very honest read. Watch out for press in Femail...
How to tackle the clothes moth epidemic
Some great publicity for Pests in Houses Great & Small this weekend in The Sunday Times:
Simon Phipps at Rye Bookshop
On 18 April, Brutal London author Simon Phipps joined architect Justin Nicholls for a fascinating evening of Brutalism at Rye Books, East Dulwich.
