‘We’re passionate about publishing books of beauty and substance, and it’s been thrilling (and challenging!) imagining how to bring new titles into the world.’
‘The book is about people who believed in things.’
‘Her body language became beautiful to me, how she struggled with and made certain gestures almost a dance.’
Sweep her away with an epic novel, encourage her with a new notebook, or delight her with her favourite genre.
Ever feel completely, cell-achingly exhausted, and at an utter loss why? Dr Karen Coates and Sharon Kolkka – a power duo in health and wellness – are here to help.
Author Philippa McGuinness talks with us about her fascinating and wide-ranging book on skin – which covers everything from cancer to cosmetics, racism to skin disease, sensuality to soap.
From a novel that imagines the American stage actor’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln, to a fascinating book about our most visible organ, to a prestigious literary magazine, revived after a decade: here’s what our Roaring Stories staff are reading this month.
‘With an autobiography you may struggle to choose what to include; there’s unlimited choice. And you have to be ruthless in choosing details that have meaning and aren’t just cluttering the pages. I like the rule of the classic French theatre: don’t put a chair on the stage unless someone is going to sit on it.’
From an epic and emotional book that took three weeks to get through, to the latest novel from the frontman of American band The Mountain Goats: here’s what our Roaring Stories staff are reading this month.
Here’s what our Balmain bookshop staff have been reading these summer holidays.
