From the film Conclave to current events in the Vatican, the papacy now is firmly in the public consciousness. So, what better time to return to a 1000-year-old story about it. Rapture, by Australian novelist Emily Maguire, gives new flesh to the story of Pope Joan. The story of a woman in the Middle Ages […]

On the evening of 17 March 2025, something was brewing inside The Capitol… (or in this case, Waterstones Manchester). As Waterstones branches across the UK opened their doors, in cities including Glasgow, London, and Leeds, lucky readers had the chance to get their hands on the first-released copies of Suzanne Collins’ latest novel, Sunrise on […]

Shari Franke understands the appeal of her family’s story. As she puts it herself  “… a beautiful God-fearing American family, turning their rags into riches on Youtube, only to be wrenched apart in a dramatic turn of events featuring demon possession, doomsday-prepper cults, with lesbian undertones”. But in The House of My Mother, Shari Franke […]