books

Borough Birthday: The Books That Made Us

To celebrate our 6th birthday, The Borough Press team would like to tell you about the stories that made us fall in love with words, and have moulded us into the book-lovers that we are today. Suzie, Publishing Director ‘One of the first books I remember loving was Richard… Read More

Best and Worst Literary Mothers

To celebrate this mother’s day, we thought we’d give a little twist to the traditional posts, and tell you about some of the best and worst literary mothers The Borough Press team have encountered! Suzie Best mother: Orleanna Price, The Poisonwood Bible I know I’m always banging on… Read More

Where We Like To Read

From sofa to the plane, from the bed to the train, team Borough talk best locations and conditions for delving into a good book…   I’ve recently moved house, which was the perfect excuse to buy The Sofa of My Dreams. It’s huge and squishy and perfect for reading… Read More

Five Books to Break the Rules for: Grace Pengelly, Graduate Trainee

Readers fall into two camps. Those who religiously re-read their favourite tomes, wallowing in the familiar landscape and interior lives of old friends, and those who do not. I fall into the latter camp, believing that there is very little to be gained from rereading a book more than once. Read More

Favourites: Ore, Editorial Assistant

Novel of 2017 Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash. I pretty much inhaled this book. I physically could not put it down. I carried it off the train and walked with it open in my hands to the tube, and read it on the platform, and then again squashed between people… Read More

A #DayInTheLife – Carla Josephson, Commissioning Editor

6.30am: Wake to large orange cat sitting on chest, aggressively asking for his breakfast. 6:45am: Have fed starving beast. Peace and quiet again. Tell myself to go to the gym, but somehow instead go to the sofa and read submissions with a cup of a tea. 7:30am: Get ready for… Read More