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

Best books… Patrick Ness The writer chooses his ...

The childhood book that sparked my love of reading was a very heavy tome on Robin Hood. I was fascinated by the outlaw and his band of merry men. A bit later I fell in love with Louise Fitzhugh’s Harr

I read constantly as a child. So many of my early favourites are millennial staples – Nancy Drew, Babysitters Club, and of course, the pinnacle of the classics, RL Stine’s Goosebumps books. I also abs

The unconventional instrumentation favoured by Tortoise is an indicator of how many different lineups have always jostled for space under the jazz umbrella. The national treasure that is The Pete Alle