A manuscript is found. Filled with small, precise writing and smelling of pit-water, it tells the story of an old recluse and his strange home – and it’s even stranger, jade-green double, seen by that ...

A place that is unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once the hideaway of Vanessa, a famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now ...

It’s getting colder outside, have you noticed? Whether you’re the type who spends summer grumbling about being sticky, or someone who dreads the moment the clocks go back, the longer nights and cooler ...

In her magnificent novel, Marguerite Yourcenar recreates the life and death of one of the great rulers of the ancient world. The Emperor Hadrian, aware his demise is imminent, writes a long ...

If you love reading books from around the world – especially the ever-popular and growing canon of translated Japanese fiction – then the literature of Korea is your next fix. Modern Korea, split into ...

Discover the enchanting new feelgood novel where five overlapping lives seek comfort from a magical hippo ride: Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block in the community of Advance Hill ...

The dead man had been taken away. The only thing still living in the charred skeleton of the warehouse was a tiger-striped tabby cat with demonic yellow eyes. It showed no sign of having narrowly ...

Get inspired to throw your own Worst Witch themed Halloween party with three spellbinding crafts. Transform your spare toilet roll tubes into mini Mildred Hubbles, paper plates into stylish witch hats ...

Enter to win one of five RHS Memberships and five hardback copies of England: A Natural History. Ten runners up will also win a hardback copy of England: A Natural History. And to celebrate further, ...

In April this year, Sophie Kinsella shared that she has been receiving treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, prompting an outpouring of love and support from her readers. Kinsella’s new ...

But if you’re looking for something that has the dread of horror, combined with the wild imagination of fantasy, we recommend trying out weird fiction. Weird fiction is a literary style that blends ...