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Behind the Book: ANYTHING BUT A STILL LIFE by Carole LatimerMarch 19, 2026
Photography in the twentieth century was overwhelmingly a man’s world. Film sets, press junkets and celebrity portrait studios were dominated by male photographers with heavy cameras and bigger reputations. Yet from the mid-1960s onwards, Carole Latimer quietly built a remarkable career photographing some of the most recognisable figures in film, music and theatre. Her memoir, … Continue reading Behind the Book: ANYTHING BUT A STILL LIFE by Carole Latimer
Behind the Book: FAREWELL TO RUSSIA by Joe Luc BarnesMarch 5, 2026
Farewell to Russia is a book about independence. It contains what are essentially 15 coming-of-age stories, charting the journeys of the countries that were born from the ashes of the USSR in 1991. I spent a large part of the mid-2010s engaging in arguments about independence. In 2014, it was Scotland and the Donbas republics; … Continue reading Behind the Book: FAREWELL TO RUSSIA by Joe Luc Barnes
Behind the Book: THE WICKED AMONG US by James OwenMarch 2, 2026
In 2005, I was finishing up a term as a clerk for the Missouri Court of Appeals. I needed not only a job but a mentor. I learned an older attorney with an established practice was looking for someone to take over his business. He specialized in probate and estate planning, something I knew little … Continue reading Behind the Book: THE WICKED AMONG US by James Owen