Books Contents Archive

#DawnFosterForever! On Thursday 15 September at the @LRBbookshop, @BizK1, @piercepenniless, Lynsey Hanley and @garyyounge will discuss Dawn Foster’s life and legacy. All ticket proceeds will go to @SistersUncut – buy yours here: https://t.co/Qd2VaXXYrD https://t.co/lD6sPT3GMC

The Girl Detective investigates rumors of her death. https://t.co/GUHPcCrUSi

ICYMI: A look back at @lawrencematthew's review of @CraigMWhitlock's gut-punch of a book, THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS (@simonschuster): https://t.co/nFwiY38XrI https://t.co/KEFSwhVPQy

How fluent are you in emoji? https://t.co/EjPlYPWXDt

Here are 27 books. I'm selling them for FIVE POUNDS each (free P+P in the UK). If there are any that you'd like, get in touch and we can exchange money for books. https://t.co/s4Uwv2k0Dr

‘There are 76 years between these two pictures; whereas ninety years separate Picasso’s painting and 2022. Picasso has also become traditional art in his own way.’ Julian Barnes on two portraits, at the @NationalGallery: https://t.co/jgA4FtRhdS

Free-love bohemians, space pirates, 100-year-old gossip, and more of the best book deals of the day: https://t.co/2ffsnEeOAh

A peek at all the (unclassified) reading we'll be doing this week: https://t.co/ca9WTLNq4C https://t.co/kWWJ0Rqpnw

Considering spoilers (via @BookRiot). https://t.co/Ip6qDSvKvo

‘A story was “like a rock or a refrigerator”, Barthelme said, because he could imagine a reader approaching it, “tapping it, shaking it, holding it to his ear to hear the roaring within”.’ @KasiaBoddy reads Donald Barthelme’s ‘Collected Stories’: https://t.co/B1yLjfsdmS

This is a different 27 books from yesterday btw.

Hello, we are open https://t.co/1TwRY904V6

‘The Greeks and Romans can’t persuade us to believe in the rational scientific order any more than Stephen Hawking can. But they can help us confront an uncertain future.’ @RobCioffi on the apocalypse in ancient thought: https://t.co/z943SUl4BT