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Until recently, I knew little about Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950), the best-selling author of swashbuckling, romantic adventures set in the pa...

I had a lovely time at Target Books Day on Saturday (19 July), organised by James Goss. He assembled a really fun, engaging series of talks ...

I'm the guest on the latest episode of books podcast Backlisted . Keen to choose a book that was a formative influence and by an author ...

As expected, Alexander Baron’s autobiography confirms that various elements of his novel The Lowlife (1963) are based on real life: his ow...

I first read this an age ago, before I had children or that much knowledge of autism. It's been a strange thing to revisit now I have mo...

Harryboy Boas is a working-class gambler in Hackney. While his sister has married well and moved to Finchley, Harryboy still haunts the stre...

The Dr has made available online the full text of her memoir, My Baby Box , which deals with her (our) experience of infertility, the death ...

I’ve been blown away by this extraordinary, powerfully moving book, having met the author briefly at an event earlier this year. The subtitl...

Here is what I hope is a definitive list of the 236 books written by the prolific Terrance Dicks. The Doctor Who books are well attested; wo...