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January 18th

Extract - At the Edge of the Desert

This entry was posted on 18 January 2021.
Within a few weeks I’d settled back into my old routine. My days began with cossie and goggles wrapped in a towel. I’d follow the road down to the Shark Island pool – a quick walk through Lüderitz – for a morning swim before returning home to edit my documentary. I spent my time attempting to make sense of South African prison gangs, struggling to decide if my film should focus on the men or their make-believe uniforms.

Memoirs, Mind Management & Miscellany

This entry was posted on 18 November 2020.

Our bookshelves are straining under the number of compelling and evocative non-fiction reads we've just released. 

 

From the latest edition of Ripley's Believe It or Not, bursting with the weird and unexplained, and a fairy tale from the master of trivia himself, Stephen Fry, to inspirational books from Seth Godin and Naomi Klein. Take a look below and choose your favourite!

 

November 17th

The lost art of letter writing

This entry was posted on 17 November 2020.

In Nine Letters, cynical lawyer Teddy Dickerson is awaiting a slow decline and a place at an old-age home. But life sometimes brings surprises. When his prickly Aunt Val dies, she leaves an unusual bequest: her task for Teddy is to post letters to eight of her friends around the world, a job that will take him on a journey into new and unexpected territory. We’ve asked John Webb, the author, some questions.

 

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