Books Contents Archive

Some very beloved authors have some very highly anticipated books out this September! We're talking @StephenKing, @Backmanland, Maggie O'Farrell, @LizStrout, @neiltyson, and MORE! https://t.co/GoUwuGVzYi https://t.co/r0KSI6lOPI

What if everything you thought you knew about the battle of Crécy was wrong? Tom Shippey on a revisionist history of the ‘battle of five kings’: https://t.co/7aOuX38wlT

‘Moody, menacing and gothic, THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED is a chillingly atmospheric thriller’ JP Delaney #TheGirlsWhoDisappeared is out in just under 2 weeks. Hands up who can’t wait! https://t.co/IkISQpjkMm

"Voices impel the telling, and the braiding and melody of their resonance and dissonance are what creates an urgency in the tale." (via @lithub) https://t.co/9jOPjucZ7N

A murder cover-up, odd markings, opposing natures, and more of the best book deals of the day: https://t.co/U2O9vOH9SG

The way we view a hoard depends on the stories we tell about it. A hoard that has been curated can become a collection; a collection that has been labelled becomes an archive (just as a collector is merely a hoarder who has space for his stuff). Jon Day: https://t.co/kSlMkWFWsC

Long weekend? Let's spend it with books! https://t.co/xrEudqDTDq https://t.co/vlaR0pfO6f

Van Gogh’s wheat fields and Adnan’s mountain both wager that if the possibilities of colour were to be fully appreciated, one would need nothing more from life than the view from one’s window. Emily LaBarge on Etel Adnan at the @vangoghmuseum: https://t.co/Z8shMG0FX5

‘It’s worth pausing on this key question for biographers of poets: how many words can be walled off from personal biography as cases of pure sound?’ Helen Thaventhiran on T.S. Eliot and Emily Hale: https://t.co/ucmnPEB91y