Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labour, Ernaux’s father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, ...
We were joined by Toby Litt, Helen Charman, Lisa Kelly and Mary Jean Chan, four of the poets featured in Carcanet’s New Poetries VII. From the first anthology, published in 1994, through to this seventh volume, the series showcases the work of ...
The Bookshop is delighted to be supporting this year’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. This non-fiction prize, run by the British Academy and worth £25,000 to the winner, is awarded annually to a book that contributes to public understanding of world cultures and to ...
