Damian Barr Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Damian Barr is a writer, columnist and broadcaster. Writer📚 You Will Be Safe Here 📚Maggie & Me ‘We’re not all in the same boat.We are in the same storm’ 👀#BigScottishBookClub on BBCiPlayer PhD FRSL FRSE He/Him

River Sing Me Home: A GMA Book Club Pick
Eleanor Shearer
It's poignant and beautiful... a really emotional journey through the Caribbean... it's a novel in the context of slavery... it's also a story of hope and resilience and, sisterhood and solidarity ... this is a book with lots of heart.
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tales of the City
Armistead Maupin
Some good news on a doomy day. Armistead Maupin is writing a new Tales of the City book and you can watch him read from it here. A world first! You’re welcome. #TakeMeToBarbaryLane #BigScottishBookClub https://t.co/ld45P88cRX
Paperback, 2007
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ghost Ship
Kate Mosse
Brighton pals: @katemosse and her sexy pirates are sailing in to town! She'll be talking about Ghost Ship and chaired by brilliant Alexandra Heminsley. Supported by my beloved @CityBooksinHove AVAST! https://t.co/xYHZdZkTky
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Love
Angela Carter
@Matt_Casbourne @TheSallyGardner @HoZ_Books @TheTimesBooks Angela Carter AND georgette heyer - that’s some delicious range. Love it!
Paperback, 1988
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy wrote this poem after the attack at lgbtq+ nightclub Pulse on latinx night. 49 people were killed and many more injured. That attack, 7 years ago, remains one of the deadliest in US history. We need to hear this message of love now more than ever. #pulse https://t.co/Ri4AhLkyuy
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Policeman
Bethan Roberts
Bethan Roberts on her book (now film) My Policeman. 🌈 📚 📺 #BigScottishBookClub You can catch our interview on @BBCiPlayer now https://t.co/qglqACfcvX
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
And Then He Sang a Lullaby
Ani Kayode
Big news! So thrilled to be featuring the *first* book from @RoxaneGayBooks @rgay on the Literary Salon podcast! #AndThenHeSangALullaby is a stunning debut by @Ani_Kayode *ONLY* on our podcast! https://t.co/TbKgbQsSvx https://t.co/dWfZZ1NlVf
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Waverley: 'Tis Sixty Years Since
Sir Walter Scott
@WhatLexySaid I take the Walter Scott/Waverley rule: ‘tis sixty years since’
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Shy
Max Porter
WHAT A SHELF! Here are the picks behind SHY, the enw book from Max Porter. And where can you hear him read from his new book first? Only on the Literary Salon podcast. https://t.co/TbKgbQsSvx https://t.co/aZmuzg4WkQ
Hardcover, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fight Night
Miriam Toews
@ClareMSimpson fight night; miriam toews (I think)
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book