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Which childhood book sparked your love of reading? The Shoe Shop Bears by Margaret J Baker, now sadly out of print. It was the first book I bought with my own money. I was bored by picture books and w

“As movers and the moved both know”, John Updike noted, “books are heavy freight ... They make us think twice about changing addresses.” Books: A manifesto, or, How to build a library begins with the

Debut books are always exciting as a new voice enters the world of literature. Amy Sparkes talks to writer Iqbal Hussain about his debut middle-grade novel, The Night I Borrowed Time, which is publish

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