…someone else. It just makes you think – what great literary works have been chopped up and rearranged? As it turns out, quite a few. I came across this: Ten…

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…steadily bigger – I mean, of course, zombies. Yes, the undead theme has been around for a while now, but I think it’s still going strong (The Walking Dead is…

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…Chamber – Angela Carter The Museum of Atheism – Laura Ellen Joyce Sharp Objects – Gillian Flynn Who would make your shortlist? Sophie, Editorial Administrator       Recommend This:…

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So, it’s official – Jane Austen is to appear on the next £10 note. It’s a shame she’s replacing Darwin (can’t they make room for him somewhere else?) but it’s…

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…Bear by A&B’s Michael Bond: So Londoners keep your eyes peeled this summer and try to find a literary bench! Now where’s my deerstalker. . . Sophie, Editorial Administrator Recommend…

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…supplier, and getting a tour around their showroom was fantastic. In amongst life-size crocodile, gorilla and giraffe soft toys were 24,000 different children’s books – a huge selection! The place…

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…more details). I have to say, though: there seems to be a lack of colourful book-related totes out there – I did look for something a bit more eye-catching, but…

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…sofa on a Sunday afternoon. It may be too big to carry round day to day but it has prize position on my nightstand. Sophie Robinson, Editorial Administrator Recommend This:…

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…of the riots, journalists have finally discovered the root cause of the trouble: Read The Daily Mash article here… We really should have known. Sara Magness, Editorial Administrator Recommend This:…

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…the 18th November, this time with Cumberbatch playing Frankenstein, and I’m quite tempted to go again to see how he plays the reversed role! Sophie Robinson, Editorial Administrator Recommend This:…

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…whom we would all be lost. Please, please carry on loving, cherishing and jealously guarding books – physical, beautiful, textured books, whose pages you can turn with a rustle, whose…

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…down, but actually I was impressed. They paired James Bond and the Queen as a skydiving duo, and there was a giant Voldemort – I mean, how much better can…

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…cushion by Jamie Mitchell: Ooo and then maybe this Wild Magic vest from Kris Tate: What do you have on your January sales wishlist? Sophie Robinson, Editorial Administrator Recommend This:…

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…Lagos. He used carefully stacked books to create a compact dome that is entirely self-supporting. Now how cool would that look in your living room? Sophie, Editorial Administrator Recommend This:…

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…a moment – though thankfully for the patience of the reader, she is blissfully unaware of this. Georgina Phipps, Editorial Administrator Read the next installment: Book Three Missed the last…

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…And it doesn’t stop in spring either, because heading into summer we (finally!) have The Great Gatsby (17th May), the new Superman film Man of Steel (14th June – I…

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This week most people are either looking forward to Valentine’s Day or trying to ignore it. Me, I’m looking past it at something much more important – today is Pancake…

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…– it launches on 23rd April – there’s much more information available on the events. Below are a few of my highlights (see here for full details): Desdemona (19-20th July…

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…(below, her Moby Dick inspired meal – click on image to view more as featured in Bon Appetit). A very strange but also very original idea, I thought (and the…

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…as in ‘doing a Clarkson’ (i.e. being an offensive idiot)? I think this one could catch on… What would be your word of the year? Sara Magness, Editorial Administrator Recommend…

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…The moon sees nothing of this. She is bald and wild. And the message of the yew tree is blackness – blackness and silence. Sara Magness, Editorial Administrator Recommend This:…

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