​At a time when Americans are engaged in a verbal civil war, this wonderful article by Marc Hetherington and Jonathan Weiler (The...

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore In 1925, many poor, uneducated women in Illinois worked in the dial painting factory, applying luminous...

The Book of Dust trilogy Book 1 : La Belle Sauvage Philip Pullman For all of those who enjoyed Pullman’s trilogy, His Dark Materials, you...

Theft by Finding Diaries 1977 – 2002 By David Sedaris In this collection of memories dating back to 1977, Sedaris regales his audience...

I invite you to read this article from The Guardian by Gary Younge, in which he thoughtfully asks why we don't talk about the connection...

Check out these new voices in fiction in this article by Alison Flood from The Guardian. Women's prize for fiction shortlist.

I invite you to read a fascinating article in The Guardian on the naming and shaming of powerful women. From Circe to Clinton: why...

Braving the Wilderness Brené Brown If I could sum up Brown’s message in one sentence, it would be this. Secrecy breeds shame and sharing...

The History of Bees Maja Lunde Imagine a world with no bees. Sound good? It’s actually devastating. When there are no insects to...

Shadow By Michael Morpurgo On the eve of his deportation from England, a young Afghan boy recounts his harrowing tale of escape from...