Books

Alex, Lora and I, along with our guest, intern Danya Cohen, discuss this scintillating debut novel by 25-year-old Shani Boianjiu. Informed by Boianjiu’s compulsory two-year service in the Israeli military, the novel shines with both humour and heartbreak.

In early 1900s Paris, an illiterate baker who worships books and a disfigured girl who loves to read unwittingly wind their way toward each other — and love — with the help of mysterious strangers.

Award-winning author Pat Barker ( The Regeneration Trilogy ) returns to the First World War for a follow-up to her 2007 novel Life...

We've all seen paintings of 17th-century French nobles, stiffly starched lace at their sleeves and collars.

Gal Garner is an avid rose breeder and teacher with three wishes: 1) grow a prizewinning rose, 2) challenge her students and 3) receive a transplant.