South Of The River

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

Already a bestseller in England, Morrison's memoir of his father's life and death is both moving and intelligent. His subject is universal: the life and death of a parent, a father at once beloved and exasperating, competent and inept, charming and infuri

How to Cook Your Daughter: A Memoir

From the daughter of the bestselling author of Father Joe: the poignant and ultimately hopeful memoir of a young girl’s struggle to live a normal childhood in the chaotic seventies, and to overcome sexual abuse by her famous fatherEarlier this year, Ton

As If

The Last Weekend

Set over a long weekend, Blake Morrison's new novel is a taut, atmospheric, brilliantly chilling story of a rivalrous friendship - as told by Ian, the deceptively casual narrator.It opens with a surprise phone call from an old university friend, inviting

Stop What You're Doing and Read This!

A mission statement about the transformative power of reading; about the way it inspires us, the tangible impact it can have on our wellbeing, the importance it holds for us now and will continue to hold in the future.In any 24 hours there might be sleepi

Things My Mother Never Told Me

In his masterpiece of family literature, And When Did you Last See Your Father?, Blake Morrison's mother appears as an intriguing but mostly silent figure. This is her startling and touching story - and a son's search to discover the truth about the remar