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Footnotes Blog

Some books spark ideas and conversations that our catalogue can’t contain, and we’d like to share them with you here on the Postscript blog. From ancient civilizations to aspects of the modern world, and from legendary characters to literary greats, read on to discover a miscellany of articles by our team of writers, brief conversations with publishers, introductions to our dedicated booksellers and reading recommendations from colleagues across our departments.

Author Spotlight: Edgar Allan Poe

Author Spotlight: Edgar Allan Poe

The son of itinerant actors, orphaned in early childhood, Edgar Allan Poe had a difficult start to what proved a short and troubled life – bedevilled by lack of money,…
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The Best Enid Blyton Series for Young Readers

The Best Enid Blyton Series for Young Readers

With her vivid imagination providing adventures in forests or magical lands, reached by rowing boat or flying chair, Enid Blyton has long retained a place as one of the world’s…
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A Brief History of All 15 Adaptations of Great Expectations: lost versions, younger audiences and big names

A Brief History of All 15 Adaptations of Great Expectations: lost versions, younger audiences and big names

When the BBC released its new adaptation of the Dickens classic in March 2023, comparison with the many previous TV and film versions was inevitable – as was the question…
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Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

I read this book a few months ago and quite frankly couldn’t put it down! It is an incredible account of true-life events, and is a story of true love…
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A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

‘In those days, there was no money to buy books.’ Hemingway’s Paris memoir, published posthumously in 1964, pieces together fragments of his early years as a struggling writer in the…
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Rachel Stewart – Managing Director

Rachel Stewart – Managing Director

I grew up in the small, hippy town of Totnes in Devon and spent my formative years on the South West coast path and wonderfully bleak landscape of Dartmoor. Obsessed…
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