If you are ever in doubt of what to get as a meatier summer read that’s filled with enough pathos and humour - Ahern’s books are it.

Novelist and screenwriter Gareth Crocker has been pinned down by a ghost, tasted warthog and would ask for tomato sauce in a French restaurant

From adults-only luxury at Riu Palace to waterfalls, rum tastings and Creole lunches, here’s why this Indian Ocean island makes the ultimate mid-year break

Florence Knapp’s debut novel 'The Names' has already made the ‘best of the year’ lists — and it absolutely lives up to the hype

From novels to memoirs, adventure to cookbooks, we recommend these Father's Day reads

This is a nightmare of book, in the most pleasant way if you enjoy a good horror, writes Jennifer Platt

In this harrowing memoir, Caroline Darian details the effect of her father’s crimes on the family, his systematic abuse of her mother, and her decision to never forgive or forget what he had done

If murder mysteries are your thing, there's plenty of reading ahead of you

From flying helicopters to stumbling onto secret Roswell information, Patricia Cornwell believes in staying vital, Jennifer Platt discovers

Jennifer Platt chats to Trevor Noah about his latest book 'Into the Uncut Grass', a tale for all ages tht captures the essence of imagination