Blogs in December 2023

Funny Story 20th December 2023

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry —– Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their...

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Dogboy v Catfish 20th December 2023

On the day of her second wedding, Katherine Fisher, aka ‘Catfish,’ set the date for her divorce. In precisely 18 months, she would be entitled to half of their combined assets and receive maintenance payments until her five-year-old daughter,...

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The Artist’s Portrait 18th December 2023

A story about art, murder, and making your place in history. Whatever it was that drew me to Muriel, it wasn’t her charm. In 1992, morning sickness drives Jane to pre-dawn walks of her neighbourhood where she meets an...

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The Improbability of Love 18th December 2023

When lovelorn Annie McDee stumbles across a dirty painting in a junk shop while looking for a present for an unsuitable man, she has no idea what she has discovered. Soon she finds herself drawn unwillingly into the tumultuous...

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Theft 18th December 2023

Narrated by the twin voices of the artist Butcher Bones, and his ‘damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother’ Hugh, Theft: A Love Story once again displays Peter Carey’s extraordinary flair for language. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via...

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