by Heather Rose (£20, HB, John Murray) Set in the wild, untamed beauty of 1840s Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), this sweeping historical novel follows Caroline, a courageous and determined woman carving

THE BEST NEW READS

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

Jane Fallon, the award-winning TV producer turned bestselling novelist shares the books she can’t put down

Here are our recommendations – and yours – of what to enjoy reading this fortnight

Judy Blume’s Superfudge was in our tiny school library, and I wolfed it down at the age of eight. From then, I was side-by-side with all of Judy’s kids, right the way up to 17-year-old Katherine in Fo