Editorial

Asterix and the Griffin: a quest for a legendary creature

Asterix and Obelix set out on their 39th adventure in search of a strange creature said to be half eagle and half lion. Their journey brings the Gauls face to face with a Roman attempt to capture the griffin.

Asterix and the Griffin

Caraval: A Sister’s Search in a World of Illusion

Scarlett Dragna has dreamed of Caraval, a week-long show where the audience becomes part of the spectacle. When her sister Tella disappears soon after they arrive, Scarlett must search for her in a contest where the boundary between performance and danger is uncertain.

Caraval

The Iron Tangle and the stakes of The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook

In Matt Dinniman’s The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, Carl and Princess Donut enter a fourth dungeon level built as a bewildering knot of subway lines, where monsters, a deadly puzzle and competing bounties make cooperation as necessary as caution.

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The Calamity Club: women on the edge in 1933 Oxford

In Depression-era Oxford, Mississippi, an orphaned girl, an outspoken visitor and a woman with little left to lose find their lives intertwined. Their bold attempt to shape their own futures unfolds against a social order that leaves women with few choices.

The Calamity Club

Death As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal: the questions ageing leaves open

Juan José Millás and Juan Luis Arsuaga revisit the dialogue between writer and palaeontologist to explore ageing, longevity and the prospect of escaping death. Biology and literature meet in a conversation that considers evolution’s effects on human beings as a species and as individuals.

Death As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

How to organise and run a reading group

A practical guide for libraries, schools, community organisations and friends. Bring a group together, choose accessible reading, lead a discussion and keep the meetings going.

All About Britain: British History, Legends and Traditions

Explore Britain's history and culture through its royal family, popular landmarks, mysterious legends and unusual traditions. All About Britain also shares interesting facts about the country's past and present.

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How to choose books for children and teens and build a reading habit

A guide for families, teachers and school libraries on choosing books at different reading stages, sharing stories aloud and making room for reading by choice.

The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes: A Summer Recalled Through Grief

Fourteen years after a summer in northern France, Aleksy revisits the memory at his psychiatrist’s urging. His recollection brings him back to a family still grieving his sister and to the difficult bond with his mother, who tells him she is dying.

The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage and a Life Rebuilt After Its End

In March 2020, Belle Burden’s husband of twenty years abruptly told her he was leaving. In Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, she revisits the relationship, examines the family history and expectations that shaped her, and follows her effort to reclaim her voice and begin again.

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

The Gate of the Feral Gods: Four Castles on the Fifth Floor

On the fifth floor of the dungeon, Carl and his team face a fifteen-day challenge: capture four castles scattered across a bubble. With the stairway forward at stake, they must rely on other crawlers trapped there with them—but can those low-level allies be trusted?

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