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The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
Please read this book (also recommended in The Times' best books of 2023 so far).
Girl by Kenya Hunt
I was going to buy it anyway, however, I was lucky enough to meet Kenya Hunt and buy a signed copy of her timely and intimate book, Girl.
Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera
Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera is a collection of the author’s musings on the British Empire and its resonance to the present. Well researched, the book is
Why We Can't Sleep by Ada Calhoun
What is Generation X, who falls into it, do you? Reading Ada Calhoun’s interesting book, Why We Can’t Sleep is like sitting on the sofa, chatting with a friend who is telling you that you’re not going mad.
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Tigers are synonymous with India to the point of boredom. It is my irrational rejection of tiger references in literature that led me to ignore The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga for years.
The Golden Notebook, Dorris Lessing
Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook is a wonderfully bold book charting, amongst other important events and cultural/social changes, the freedom of women.
Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe by Heidi Kingstone
A while back I went to hear my friend, Heidi Kingstone talk about her book Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe and memories of being a war correspondent in Afghanistan.
Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes
Natalie’s style is humourous and knowledgeable. She selected ten dominant female characters from the Greek myths and picked through them
Interview: Historian, Alex Von Tunzelmann
Talented historian and writer, Alex Von Tunzelmann is the author to one of my favoutite books on the history of the Raj, Indian Summer. She has also written
Interview: Kamila Shamsie, award winning writer & novelist
Internationally successful writer, Kamila Shamsie sat with us for a short interview at the end of an event at the Asia House a while back.
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
I binge read Brit Bennet’s new book, The Vanishing Half over one and a half days as I got sucked into the world of the twin protagonists spanning two generations.