

Lisa Harding
Bright Burning Things
Deeply poetic novel with similarities to Booker Prize winning Shuggie Bain

Rachel Clarke
Breathtaking
True life diary expertly details the horror and the kindness witnessed during a year we will never forget
Talks

Alistair Moffat: An Abandoned Mythical Land
A pilgrimage to rekindle the feelings this place once made the author feel

Rory Stewart: Lessons from Literature for Today’s Politics
The surprise leadership contender from this year’s race to be PM proves himself to be a breath of fresh air in politics

Robert Macfarlane: A Journey into Deep Time
An engrossing but sometimes troubling look at what’s beneath

Keith Hartley & Typex: Looks a Scream
Andy Warhol is the focus of two new and very different books

Sarah Henstra & Elle Nash: Sex, Violence and Obsession
Two coming of age novels bring up interesting questions

Sue Perkins: Blundering Through Asia
Natural, likeable storyteller discusses her fascinating travels in South East Asia

Afternoon Tea with Sabrina Ghayour: Step into Sabrina’s Kitchen
New Queen of Eastern cooking has the Spiegeltent salivating
