(Image Credit: Daunt Books Originals) “Look Here” is a candid, studied and panegyric tribute to a city that pulsates unceasingly and is a clash of spectacular contrasts. Journalist and author Ana Kinsella’s London, while home to approximately 9 million, is neither pedestrian nor patient. Delightful and decadent at the same time, London attracts and repels. … Continue reading Look Here: On the Pleasures of Observing the City –by Ana Kinsella

(Image Credit: cornerstonebooks.org.uk) With studied contributions from twenty-one writers and two visual artists, Antlers of Water, is an assemblage of specially commissioned writing that is edited by noted essayist and poet, Kathleen Jamie. Scotland, for an awestruck tourist is a bewilderingly beautiful assortment of Caledonian forests, upland moors, valleys and glisteningly transparent lakes. The authors … Continue reading Antlers of Water: Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland – edited by Kathleen Jamie

(Image Credit: Londonreviewbooks.co.uk) A wistful throwback to uncomplicated times, Elif Shafak’ s cross between a tract and a reflective novella, is a plea for hope, harmony and happiness. All of 90 pages, How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division is a near perfect antidote to a world fueled by a unidirectional, and demanding … Continue reading How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division – Elif Shafak

(Image: http://www.goodreads.com) While having a 11-year-old niece is a blessed advantage, being in constant touch with an eleven-year-old niece who is an inveterate book worm, is a boon! Over the past few days, Annika has made it her objective to introduce me to a phalanx of some compelling children’s books penned by ingenious authors. For … Continue reading Tom Gates Spectacular School Trip (Really) – Liz Pichon

(Image Credit: Penguin Books) Little Billy keeps forlornly looking out his window at the woods beyond, day after day after day. The vast expanse of nature beckons in a tantalizing manner. However, Little Billy faces one formidable roadblock. His stern mother. Terming the woods ‘The Forest of Sin’, Billy’s mother scared the living daylights out … Continue reading Billy and the Minpins– Roald Dahl