Winter is the perfect time to settle down with a new box set. This week, Amazon are hoping their lavish production of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time will catch our imaginations. Does their adaptation mean that this fantasy series … Continued
Early findings of our BBC The Novels That Shaped Our World surveys show that readers of the South West of England rate the novels Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons and Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian more highly enjoyable … Continued
What’s different about South West England? One way of understanding the specific nature of this region is by looking at the reading habits of its inhabitants. Ahead of their literary ramble through Exeter this Sunday with the Being Human festival, … Continued
Can something popular also be great? asks the LA Review of Books in a recent review of Irish novelist Sally Rooney’s third book Beautiful world where are you? The release of Rooney’s latest novel was met with swift bookstore window makeovers and long queues of millennials (those who hadn’t … Continued