June 18, 2021

Staff Pick: Royalty

To mark the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday this month, Yale University Press London choose their favourite…

June 18, 2021

Pioneer of Natural History Illustration: The Art and Science of Mark Catesby

By Henrietta McBurney Today, the broadcaster and natural historian Sir David Attenborough shares his passion for the natural…

June 2, 2021

Exploring Wiltshire with Pevsner: The Estate Villages of Joseph Neeld

The estate villages of Joseph Neeld are a remarkably complete set in the picturesque styles of the earlier…

June 2, 2021

June’s International Bookshop of the Month – Llibreria Finestres in Barcelona

This month we hear from a brand-new bookshop, Llibreria Finestres, which opened its doors in April. It’s inspiring…

June 1, 2021

June’s Bookshop of the Month – Sam Read Bookseller

For June’s Bookshop of the Month, we headed to the Lake District to visit Sam Read Bookseller. From…

May 5, 2021

May’s International Bookshop of the Month – Readings Carlton in Melbourne

This month’s Bookshop of the Month is Readings Carlton – a Melbourne icon that has long been a…

April 14, 2021

‘The Orphanage’ – An Extract

Written by Serhiy Zhadan, widely considered to be one of the most important young writers in Ukraine, The…

April 9, 2021

I Live in the Slums – An Extract

We are delighted by the news that Can Xue’s I Live in the Slums, translated by Karen Gernant…

April 1, 2021

Cromwell: A Killjoy Regime?

The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I’s execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then…