Sean from our Royal Festival Hall branch picks out the books that best document a conflict - memorably described by Jose Luis Borges as "two bald men fighting over a comb" - that cost 907 lives.
Katy recalls her own childhood enjoyment of the late Maurice Sendak's classic Where the Wild Things Are and celebrates the achievements of an author who never grew up.
Following on from his award-winning diary Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho. Littlewood is back, watching the hookers, the gangsters, the rent boys and following the same...
History books have often ommitted or glossed over the role of women in the past. What exactly is women's history? A feminist viewpoint? The history of sex or gender? ...
Bringing together two of the century’s greatest minds and artists, Saint Genet is at once a compelling psychological portrait, masterpiece of literary criticism, and...
This is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that shape lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer oral ...
A poetic tale about truth and longing
Women and Gender in Postwar Europe charts the experiences of women across Europe from 1945 to the present day. Europe at the end of World War II was a sorry testimony...
Male bodies, almost as sculptured
Presents a portrait of gay men and women throughout time and across the globe whose lives have influenced society at large. This title features such celebrated figures...
Censored in France in 1954, THERESE AND ISABELLE follows the story of a passionate love affair between two schoolgirls, aiming to describe 'as exactly, as minutely as...
Cassandra will be discussing the recent release of City of Lost Souls with the inimitable...
In this exclusive interview for Foyles, Nell talks about how she came to write her latest novel, The Colour of Milk, in the voice of an 1830s farm girl, why society is more compassionate today and the value of literacy and speaking one's mind.
WINNER ANNOUNCED! Afghanistan account Dead Men Risen, whose first print run was pulped by order of the MoD, is unanimous victor.
The story of the intellectual bromance between Sartre and Camus that culminated in a bitter feud.