‘the boy in the striped pyjamas changed my life completely’

WINDINGS NO STRAIGHT ROAD TAKES YOU THERE ...

In 2015, the veteran author, Frederick Forsyth, by then aged 76, unleashed his latest spellbinding adventure. The opening sentences of the latest volume from the man who had already produced such clas

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

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

Why books that became beloved classics struggled to find their way into print

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