Play1min 43secThe personal, the political, the poeticJanuary 18, 2019 12:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Danny Caine recommends a new "dazzling" collection of poetry that mixes the personal and political.
Play2min 16secThe love story of C.S. Lewis and Joy DavidmanNovember 23, 2018 3:30 PMBy Tracy MumfordThere's been plenty written about C.S. Lewis -- but not about the woman he fell in love with, who influenced his work.
Play1min 48sec'Definitely not for the squeamish, but endlessly fascinating'November 16, 2018 3:14 PMBy Tracy MumfordAn ex-detective. A cult. A man who may or may not be dead. Intrigued?
Play2min 02secThis novel delivers a 'mix of horror and elegance'November 2, 2018 2:27 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Annie Metcalf recommends a novel "for readers who want to be challenged and scared — but are also interested in new voices in translation."
Play1min 56secA shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of lettersOctober 26, 2018 12:52 PMBy Tracy MumfordIn a world scarred by war and sickness, the bartering economy has returned and the unnamed narrator of "Scribe" makes a living writing letters for people. Then a man arrives who asks her to take down his confessions.
Play1min 39sec'Woman World': Where the future is femaleOctober 19, 2018 12:57 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Emma Nichols recommends a comic collection centered on a post-apocalyptic world where men have gone extinct, and only women remain.
Play1min 51secA book that proposes 'every living thing has two bodies'October 12, 2018 2:16 PMBy Tracy Mumford"I just finished it the other night, and I have been thinking about it for three days," says bookseller Daley Farr.
Play2min 21secA 'fresh, unpredictable' Western with a strong female leadSeptember 21, 2018 12:24 PMBy Tracy MumfordA powerful female character can be hard to find in Western fiction, but bookseller Aaron Cance recommends a novel which delivers just that.
Play2min 22secAn almost-too-real portrait of modern RussiaSeptember 14, 2018 2:23 PMBy Tracy Mumford"It's very harsh and it's full of violence and incongruities, but it's also truly fully of the Russian spirit," says bookseller Kate Jacobs, about the novel "A Terrible Country."
Play1min 40secBrash, funny and tender: A new poetry collection for your reading listSeptember 7, 2018 4:58 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Danny Caine recommends a poetry collection that offers "a funny and occasionally devastating portrait of life as a first generation Mexican-American."