We love to read writers when they write about writing. Whether it is George Orwell’s Why I Write, Stephen King On Writing, …
Ian Fleming
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Famous opening lines of novels often get bandied about in lists, but it wasn’t until I read From Russia With Love for …
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With tales of a worldwide trek that ended in Liverpool, let John Maguire take you on a shortcut to literary treasure at …
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Bookshops
Paramount Books, Manchester: The Vatican of Battered Books
by John Maguireby John MaguireOur favourite bookshops series reaches ‘the Venice of the North’ as John Maguire finds treasure gleaming under the grey Mancunian skies in …
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Books have gone into and out of boxes this year, with the weight restrictions of international travel making it easier to borrow …
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It seems that ‘inspired by’ is the term to use when one is shamelessly borrowing another’s good idea. With that in mind, …
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So you take a look at the picture above… and then you factor in this: to which you add the latest issue …
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I am writing a Moonraker review, and I can almost hear your groans from here. What is there that can possibly be …