Bii's Books

Continuing with the theme of Booker longlisted (now shortlisted) novels, I turned my attention to the bookies’ favourite: Harvest, by Jim ...

Since I’ve not been buying books, I have been giving some thought to how I am going to satisfy my acquisitive nature without breaking my u...

Continuing on the theme of Booker longlisted books, my next foray was to debut novelist NoViolet Bulaweyo’s We Need New Names. After the den...

As part of my withdrawal from book buying, and in a lulled moment during my recent holidays, I got to thinking about why it is that I read. ...

In this latest offering in the Canongate myths series, rising Japanese writer Natsuo Kirino addresses the legend of Japanese deities Izana...

As part of the whole process of dealing with addiction, it’s important to get to grips with the scale of the problem. Or so I'm told. Th...

Every year when the MAN Booker prize comes around, I like to take a look at a few of the titles and see if I can predict which book will...