‘there are pieces of my mother in all my books’

I don’t remember how I got into reading. Neither of my parents were big readers, and we didn’t have bookshelves at home – but I loved visiting the library. I could spend hours there, completely lost i

Mothers are the most familiar strangers in our lives, says novelist Abigail Bergstrom. We grow up believing we know them inside out, and, yet, how much of them do we truly see?

WINDINGS NO STRAIGHT ROAD TAKES YOU THERE ...

GH ’s books director Joanne Finney shares her pick of this month’s new hardback releases

Night as a space of fear and imagination

GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR JO NESBO TELLS CRIME MONTHLY WHAT INFLUENCES HIS WRITING