Literature
Laugh Out Loud Literature
Some books are so amusing, hilarious and just plain laugh-out-loud funny that they will have you chuckling from start to finish. Our pick of ten of the best…
Review: The Gourmet – Muriel Barbery
When we eat, we eat the moment in time as much as the food on our fork – and it is often the moment which has the most delicious taste of all.
Books About Bad Girls
Five dollar whores, vamps, scheming spouses or quite simply total bitches; we give you ten of our favourite leading ladies of literary disrepute…
Favourite Literary Friendships
Friends may come and go, but great literature lasts a lifetime. We round up our top ten literary friendships.
Review: The Carrie Diaries – Candace Bushnell
Carrie Bradshaw is back in a new prequel by Sex and the City mastermind Candace Bushnell. But is it the Carrie Bradshaw we know and love.
Review: The Winner Stands Alone – Paulo Coelho
One of the world’s most popular authors is back with another exceptional book, this time exploring the glitzy world of Cannes and its darker secrets.
The Sunshine Pages
Whether you’re headed to warmer lands or stuck in a more modest climate this summer, get your dose of sunshine through these ten summertime novels.
Novels: Getting Inside a Character
If characterisation is the secret ingredient to an amazing narrative, should an author risk tackling the mind of the opposite sex? RIH explores male writers as women, and female writers as men.
Book Review: Hector and the Search for Happiness – François Lelord
Neither an autobiography, nor a self-help book, this is the ideal novel to help you get some perspective in your life. Hector might not reveal how to be happy, but he sure will make you smile.
Prize-winning Plumes
Looking to add some new names to your must-read list? We present some of the best European prize-winning female novelists and poets.
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