Literature

August Books Guide

After a sweltering July, we're facing a more temperate August which means even more time for READING. Here are the best titles of the month.

July books guide

July Books Guide

It’s you’re lucky enough to need some poolside reading this summer, get your teeth into these: the best books arriving this July.

Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay

In 1984, 18-year-old Lemn Sissay left the care system. In the ten years that followed, he published his first book of poems, performed at the Hacienda and tracked down his birth mother in Gambia. He looks back at the decade when, he says, he entered the world as an artist.