Merry Christmas! If, like us, you’ve had your dinner and would like to take yourself to a quiet corner with something good to read and a cup of tea (or a second Christmas dinner- why not?) , rather than get into yet another discussion about politics or similar tricky topics with your aunt’s husband, then we have a treat for you.
Kindle have discounted a whopping 12 of our bestselling titles. Just click on the tiny price next to each title below and you’ll be able to read Wolf Hall, Americanah, All the Light We Cannot See, Pretty Honest and many more in an instant. With enough titles to take you through to 2016, you’ll have a very happy new year too. Read more…
We’ve given you enough lists of books to take you through to the end of 2016 (and we’ll be checking that you’ve read them all), so we thought we’d give you, via the terrific Hadley Freeman, this list of eighties movies that you should sit back and watch this Christmas. We’re imagining that you’ll have some extra time on your hands, and how better to spend it? Plus, popcorn is basically fat free, isn’t it, which is what you’ll be wanting after delicious Christmas dinner. You don’t have to watch all of these films, but we’ll bet you want to after looking at the posters… Read more…
It’s Christmas next week, and the 4th Estate team are getting ready for the holidays. We’ve already told you our favourite books of the year, and our authors’ favourite books of the year, so it’s time for the most important list of all – the books we want for Christmas…
On Monday we posted our traditional list of our favourite books we read in 2015. This year we thought we’d also ask our authors to submit their favourite books – after all, they have far better taste than us. Their choices are by turns enlightening, inspiring and surprising. Be warned – your ‘to read’ list is about to get even longer…
Your brothers are arguing about politics. Mum is losing her mind over the turkey, and your sister, who has decided to promote herself beyond mere vegetarianism and become a vegan, is lamenting the death of the bird like it was once a fond friend. Dad is nowhere to be found, and, frankly, it’s time to follow suit and exit with what remains of your sanity. So slip on your slippers, don your robe, and pick yourself one of those silly hats with the little ball on top. If you’re anything like me, you’ll probably find yourself muttering under your breath and wishing you were the spoilt eight year old again, but that you somehow had retained the knowledge that adulthood really isn’t all it’s made out to be. You leaf through the bookshelves, remembering what it was like to be small and to listen to your Dad reading The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, or to watch The Snowman and be unaware that the feeling of total peace in those moments would never be that simple or maybe even attainable again. Every Christmas we return to our homes and tables, for better or for worse, different people.
Merry Christmas one and all!
We hope you’re currently lying on the sofa in a roast-induced stupor, slathered in gravy and wine, perhaps with a crumpled paper hat atop your head, maybe with a shiny new Kindle in one hand. If so, you might be interested to know we have four of our most-loved titles on offer as a festive treat. Today, for only 99p each, we have witty new fiction from Jonas Jonasson, monumental history from Max Hastings and a humourous classic from Lynne Truss, while tomorrow we have inspiration for the new year from Matthew Syed.
See below for more on each title. Happy reading! Read more…
This Christmas we’ve decided to make your present buying a lot less stressful by asking the 4th Estate team to hand-pick books for all your relatives. Hopefully this will mean less umming and ahhing in the bookshop, and more oohing and ahhing on Christmas Day… Read more…
This Christmas we’ve decided to make your present buying a lot less stressful by asking the 4th Estate team to hand-pick books for all your relatives. Hopefully this will mean less umming and ahhing in the bookshop, and more oohing and ahhing on Christmas Day…
