The Bookshop Band are Britain's only literary band. “We've just written a song inspired by Damian Barr's Maggie & Me,” says Ben Please. The Avon trio are fresh from a UK tour of independent bookshops and last month played Glastonbury. Authors who've had their books immortalised in song love it: “Rachel Joyce brought her family to see us when we played at a shop near her home,” says Please.
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Between the Covers 28/07/2013
Sunday 28 July 2013
Your weekly guide to what's really going on in the world of books
JK Rowling's unmasking boosts sales of The Cuckoo's Calling
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Just a few days after JK Rowling was unmasked as the author behind crime novel The Cuckoo’s Calling sales of the book have more than tripled.
Drink it in: Raise a toast to a growing band of home-brewers
Sunday 21 July 2013
When it's too hot to walk as far as the corner shop for a beverage, there's only one thing to do: make it yourself at home.
Has your child racked up a sky-high iPad bill? Parents, take some responsibility
Thursday 18 July 2013
Only an irresponsible parent allows unlimited iPad access. Children are not allowed to put items in supermarket trolleys without permission - the principle is identical.
Manchester United excite fans in Australia - with 17,000 buying tickets to watch a training session
Wednesday 17 July 2013
The Premier League champions are to play an A-League All Star XI on Saturday
Bookshops clamour for copies of JK Rowling's secret book The Cuckoo's Calling
Tuesday 16 July 2013
The book only sold 1,500 copies under Rowling's pseudonym, Robert Galbraith
Is a Waitrose addiction really the wisest idea for a student?
Friday 12 July 2013
It has a reputation for being an expensive way to shop. But is it worth it?
Matt-touch book covers: a feast for your fingers
Sunday 07 July 2013
Are you a fondler? Or do you keep your hands to yourself in a bookshop? The question is seen as a vital one for publishers keen to preserve the traditional paper book. Why? Because a tactile, finger-friendly cover can often mean the difference between a strong seller and one that bombs at the tills, or so the thinking goes.
Fracking ‘sticks in your mind because it is such a horrible word’: Malton has mixed feelings about its new prospects
Thursday 27 June 2013
On the British Geological Survey map published today, Malton in North Yorkshire is slap bang in the middle of a large blue shaded area.
Best-selling authors including Julia Donaldson and Joanne Harris vow to promote independent bookshops
Monday 24 June 2013
Top-selling authors including The Gruffalo writer Julia Donaldson, Joanne Harris and Kate Morton are planning on altering their websites to link to independent bookshops following complaints that they only promote Amazon and chain retailers.
Tributes paid to 'Wasp Factory' author Iain Banks after he dies from cancer: 'He's dead, I'm crying in an empty house'
Monday 10 June 2013
Bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin has led tributes to his late friend Ian Banks, author of The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, who died yesterday aged 59 just two months after announcing he had terminal cancer.
Women's Prize for Fiction 2013: Hilary Mantel denied literary hat-trick as American author AM Homes takes the crown
Thursday 06 June 2013
Hilary Mantel has been denied a literary hat-trick, after American author AM Homes staged an upset to win the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
A cut above: How barbers are making a high street comeback
Sunday 02 June 2013
The triumphant return of the short back and sides as the hairstyle of choice for Britain’s top male celebrities has helped boost the number of barber shops across the country.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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