Sandy Chapman

‘What is the use of a book without pictures?’ wonders the heroine of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. John Tenniel’s memorable…

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s father was a retired army surgeon who envisaged a military career for his son, but very soon after…

At the beginning of his intriguing study of ancient techniques of divination, Robert Temple describes a hair-raising ‘descent into Hell’:…

The enormous popularity of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club and the BBC’s adaptation of Robert Thorogood’s Death in Paradise series…

A conversation with Jon Barton, MD and Founder of Vertebrate Publishing How did Vertebrate get its name?  No idea really,…

One of Ann Cleeves’ most popular characters, Vera Stanhope came into being almost by accident. The first novel in which…

Suspicious deaths in small villages, locked-room mysteries, fatalities at glamorous parties held in a country manor – the golden age…

In 2010 Biteback, a leading publisher of political and current affairs titles, started to bring back classic out-of-print spy histories…

If the world has embraced Winnie-the-Pooh as its best loved teddy bear, the character’s creator was not so enamoured: the…

A conversation with Alex Batho, Partner at Countryside Books How did the business start? Countryside Books was started nearly 50…