07 February 2021
Hungerford Bookshop’s Emma Milne-White on what to watch out for HISTORY buffs will be delighted that the best-selling historian Sir Max Hastings, who…
05 February 2021
Everything you’ve never heard about becoming an actor Russell T Davies: This is wonderful. It’s the proper story of an actor’s life –…
18 January 2021
Heads-up on fiction to look forward to There are some fantastic new books to look forward to in 2021 and while the lockdown is in place it’s a great…
07 January 2021
A engrossing cliffhanger about a school under siege You may have had enough of anything to do with lockdowns, but trust me Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton…
29 November 2020
Unaccustomed as I am by Brian Quinn A COLLECTION of 26 short stories, Unaccustomed As I Am, has been published by Penny Post, the Hungerford-based local…
23 November 2020
A perfect winter read for crime fiction fans LOVERS of murder mysteries will be pleased to know there are – to date – 12 books in the Dr Ruth…
19 November 2020
Feelgood novel inspired by aunt's dolls house JEAN Maye is a producer, filmmaker and screenwriter from Woolton Hill. Already an author of non-fiction…
12 November 2020
The book has been crowned Winner of Winners from 25 years of the Women's Prize-winning books Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has just…
28 October 2020
Cahill Davis invites submissions from authors from all backgrounds A Beenham woman with baby in tow has used her daughter’s lockdown homeschool…
15 October 2020
Every Wednesday and Friday evening on the run-up to Christmas EVER fancied a bookshop all to yourself? Now you can book Hungerford’s award-winning…
05 October 2020
Irène Némirovsky's unfinished work is a compelling read Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky is a bold and ambitious saga chronicling the…
21 June 2020
Scarlett O'Hara is one feisty heroine The reaction I got when I told people what I was reading recently was one of thinly disguised ‘What…
23 April 2020
Increase in book sales and e-lending from libraries LOCKDOWN is no barrier to reading and World Book Night, the annual celebration of all things books,…
20 April 2020
19th-century society brought to book A TELEVISION adaptation of Belgravia by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey , has just finished a six-week…
06 April 2020
A cracking adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat EVERY now and then I read a book that is out of my comfort zone and either give up on…
06 April 2020
Teenagers and adults invited to submit written pieces or video this summer Do you love books? Then this may be for you. Marlborough LitFest has launched…
02 April 2020
Listen to Aldworth resident Clare Hastings on BBC 4 Women's Hour The launch of Aldworth resident Clare Hasting's book Hold The Front Page!: The Wit and…
12 March 2020
Jana Little looks forward to book signings at Newbury and Hungerford THATCHAM full-time working mum of two Jana Little has just released her first novel…
04 March 2020
IT'S virtually impossible to overstate the impact that rail travel has had on literature. Books have long inspired us to hop on a train and explore the…
03 March 2020
A 16-YEAR restoration of thousands of rare volumes has been completed at Blenheim Palace ahead of World Book Day on March 5. The Long Library, which is…
