FRESH VOICES – May Jess Kidd will bring us her third novel, Things in Jars. I’ve been pushing Jess’s first book, Himself, into the hands of customers for years with the caveat that Mahony, the delicious central character, sees dead people. Her new novel is set in Victorian London and features Bridie Devine as a female detective searching for a …

FRESH VOICES – May Jess Kidd will bring us her third novel, Things in Jars. I’ve been pushing Jess’s first book, Himself, into the hands of customers for years with the caveat that Mahony, the delicious central character, sees dead people. Her new novel is set in Victorian London and features Bridie Devine as a female detective searching for a …

FRESH VOICES – April First up we have Damian Barr, a renowned journalist, author of celebrated memoir, Maggie & Me, and eponymous host of the Savoy Hotel’s Literary Salon. Damian is introducing his first novel, You Will be Safe Here. Set in South Africa, during the height of the second Boer War in 1901 and then more recently in 2010, …

FRESH VOICES – April First up we have Damian Barr, a renowned journalist, author of celebrated memoir, Maggie & Me, and eponymous host of the Savoy Hotel’s Literary Salon. Damian is introducing his first novel, You Will be Safe Here. Set in South Africa, during the height of the second Boer War in 1901 and then more recently in 2010, …

FRESH VOICES – June Finally, on Thurs 6th June, we have Max Porter with his new novel, Lanny. Formerly a bookseller (hurrah) and editor, I believe Max has recently given up the day job to concentrate on his writing. This is wonderful news because those of us who read Grief is the Thing with Feathers, and those who will go …

FRESH VOICES – June Finally, on Thurs 6th June, we have Max Porter with his new novel, Lanny. Formerly a bookseller (hurrah) and editor, I believe Max has recently given up the day job to concentrate on his writing. This is wonderful news because those of us who read Grief is the Thing with Feathers, and those who will go …