Why reading won’t die

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the art of the written word, or at least the art of consuming that written word is over. But it seems that some people in some places are determined to ensure that books continue to be explored. Until now only used by shady-looking characters exchanging presents, or the kind

Reading Will Never Die

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the art of the written word, or at least the art of consuming that written word is over. But it seems that some people in some places are determined to ensure that books continue to be explored. Until now only used by shady-looking characters exchanging presents, or the kind

The Secrets They Kept – Joanne Tombrakos

‘Every family has its secrets’ starts the blurb. In Joanne Tombrakos’ self-published début novel The Secrets They Kept, she unravels those kept by the Poulous family, the vibrant and chaotic Greek-American family we follow through the story of Elena Poulous, a successful lawyer living in New York. Solid and driven, Elena’s life is suddenly disrupted when she is informed of the

Sonia Gandhi: An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny – by Rani Singh

Sonia Gandhi’s life story is the stuff of novels. Growing up in an Italian working class village, she met her Rajiv Gandhiwhilst learning English at college in Cambridge, and after a long distance relationship, married into the Gandhi family and its political life. After her mother-in-law Indira’s assassination in 1984 and her husband’s death  in 1991, when