THE BOOK SHELF

Some books are a book too far. Grey is one of them. Following the success of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy in 2012, E.L. James has...

Every child across the world will forever hate their eleventh birthday. I spent the day waiting for the arrival of an owl that should...

As I finished the final page of Black Mountain, I felt as though I was emerging from my own great journey in the shadows of Sicily’s...

Sometimes I read classic literature and wonder if there is a reason I am reading it besides the fact that it has been honoured with the...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde centres on a notion of humanity being dual in nature, although the theme does not emerge...

The front cover of Boy, Lost defines Kristina Olsson’s work as a “family memoir”. And it is. It tells of how a whole family is affected...

In the light of the birth of the latest royal baby, here is a list of some of the best and most memorable fictional royal characters that...

In the light of the birth of the latest royal baby, here is a list of some of the best and most memorable fictional royal characters that...