Swede little mysteries as bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith turns the frowns upside down in the home of Scandi Noir
Meatballs, Volvos, Abba and the blackest, bleakest crime stories, Sweden is known for many things.
Books
Author and The Book People co-founder Seni Glaister believes pen has the power to evoke change
SENI GLAISTER is a self-confessed people-watcher. And what she sees can be worrying.
What must I do to prove I am a Widow Handling Things Badly? Writer on loss and rebelling against the conventions of grieving
THERE is, of course, a common language of grief, a universal phraseology of loss.
Edinburgh-based Canongate publishers urged to drop The Game, a notorious how-to guide for self-styled ‘pick-up artists’
THE publishers of a notorious manual for self-styled “pick-up artists” have been urged to drop the titles.
Life for More Than A Feeling author Cate Woods has been as rich, and sometimes random, as the fiction she’s been inspired to write
SHE has partied with game show host Chris Tarrant, made tea for Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, and enjoyed lunches personally prepared for her by TV cake queen Mary Berry.
Chef Tom Kerridge looks ahead to a healthier and happier 2019 with new Fresh Start book
THE start of a new year is always a time for reflection and making changes – and nobody knows that better than Tom Kerridge.
Classic novel The Catcher In The Rye hailed 100 years after birth of author JD Salinger
IT is a book that has offered a beacon of hope for generations of disaffected teenagers.
Framing looks of love to writing books of love: Wedding photographer turns romantic novelist
WEDDING photographer Tracy Gow was an expert in capturing the look of love in prints.
The Honest Truth: Railway adventures from coast to coast visiting all of Britain’s 2,563 stations
LAST year, Vicki Pipe and her partner Geoff Marshall visited all 2,563 railway stations across the UK for a YouTube series.
The books of 2018: We ask some famous faces to choose their favourite page-turner of the last 12 months
IT'S been a year of big books by best-selling writers, according to trade experts.
10 Questions for author Dame Jacqueline Wilson as Tracy Beaker returns as a single mum in latest book
JACQUELINE WILSON started as a teenager working for Jackie magazine.