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Are You Sitting Comfortably November’s suggested reads
Rebecca and I are still crossing our legs after our brilliant conversation with Nina Stibbe for November’s Are You Sitting Comfortably. Honestly, Nina has such a talent for comic timing and witty observations – one of the best comic voices in the book world. Her diary of her year-long sabbatical from her life, Went to London, Took the Dog should be on everyone’s reading pile. It’s a love letter to female friendship,…
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Are You Sitting Comfortably? November Read
Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe Well, it’s officially that time of year when the call of the armchair with a little glass of something is the only way to spend an evening. What better way to cheer up those rainy dark evenings than a side-splitting diary from one of the most sharp, wise comic voices in the bookish world. It’s twenty years since author Nina…
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Are You Sitting Comfortably October Further Reads with The Beautiful Book Company
Rebecca Fletcher’s Further Reading suggestions: ‘Art and love are all we leave behind’ – a beautiful line from The Porcelain Maker by Sarah Freethy, debut novelist and this month’s guest for Are You Sitting Comfortably. The Porcelain Maker is such a bittersweet story of the enduring legacy and power of art and love to communicate beyond words, to transcend death, that it got me thinking about other books where these…
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Summer suggested reads with The Braided Rug Company
Summer reads are all about escaping into another world, whether you’re sitting on a sun lounger or snuggled up in an armchair. Here are our Are You Sitting Comfortably top reads – we’ve had our heads in a book to bring you the best of what’s on the shelves right now from a little magic to historical heists, summer get togethers, a troupe of dotty dachshunds and much more. …
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Are You Sitting Comfortably? April further reads with The Woolroom and Lyma
I’ve been thinking about time slip novels ever since April’s AYSC exclusive with the lovely Kate Morton. It was wonderful to explore Kate’s fascination with having one foot in the past and one in the present as she weaves her intricate stories which we know you all love as we’ve been inundated with messages. I can’t tell which one of Kate’s seven novels I’ve liked the most but what I…
