Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but n
Other Stories and Other Stories is a stunning collection of short stories from Ali Smith, the award-winning Scottish author of Hotel World and The Accidental.
Distinguished by Smith's trademark ability to unearth flashes of truth and depth in the everyday, The First Person and Other Stories sparkles with warmth and humanity. In one story, a middle-aged woma
A brilliant new collection of stories from a much loved and highly praised author. Stories for people who've grown up being told time is running out - and don't want it to . . . How do you ever know t
Ali Smith, twice shortlisted for both the Man Booker and the Orange Prizes, is back with the sparkling There but for the...'There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at
Ali Smith, twice shortlisted for both the Man Booker and the Orange Prizes, is back with the sparkling There but for the...'There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at
Winner of the 2005 Whitbread Novel Award, shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize and the 2006 Orange Prize, The Accidental by Scottish author Ali Smith is a novel about what happens to one family w
Hotel World – shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001 – by Ali Smith, award-winning Scottish author of The Accidental, intimately explores the lives of five women connec
