Mr Finchley Goes to Paris by Victor Canning
Further misadventures of Mr Finchley in the second volume of Victor Canning’s comic 1930s trilogy
The Office of Gardens and Ponds by Didier Decoin
Impoverished widow Miyuki undertakes a hazardous journey.
Mr Finchley Discovers His England by Victor Canning
Holiday plans derail in this lighthearted fictional travelogue from the 1930s
The Tunnel by Ernesto Sábato
It’s a short, bitter chain from meet-cute to murder in Ernesto Sábato’s The Tunnel.
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
When three girls go missing at Hanging Rock, a darkening chain of consequences unbalances the lives of those left behind.
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Rumours of a strange aquatic serpent ignite the fears of a riverside community…
The Lost Book of Adventure by The Unknown Adventurer
This book whips up a sense of imminent possible adventure. Five stars.
The Art of Visual Notetaking by Emily Mills
An instructive and inspiring beginner’s guide to sketchnoting…
Literary Places by Sarah Baxter
Sarah Baxter and illustrator Amy Grimes explore famous literary locations
Percy Shelley by Vandermeulen and Casanave
Before there was Frankenstein, there was Percy…
Campbell's Kingdom by Hammond Innes
Hammond Innes’s 1952-novel Campbell’s Kingdom is a slow-burning, intelligent, technical thriller set in the Canadian Rockies.
