this lovely city

This Monday morning we’re taking a summer adventure back in time to London in the 1950s with Lawrie and Evie in This Lovely City, Louise Hare’s poignant and compelling debut novel! Head to the jazz clubs with us and read the extract below. This Lovely City The basement… Read More

To celebrate Independent Bookshop week, Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City, reflects on her childhood memories of bookshop escapes and the wonder of bookshops in a post-lockdown world. Bookshops are gateways to myriad worlds When I was a kid, I spent all my pocket money on books. Every Saturday my mum took… Read More

The drinks are flowing. The music is playing. But the party can’t last… To celebrate the paperback publication of This Lovely City, the atmospheric and poignant debut novel from Louise Hare, we’re giving one lucky winner the chance to win a Townhouse Cocktail Box for two… Read More

Ahead of this week’s live HQ Book Club event, author Louise Hare tells us all about her debut novel This Lovely City, publishing at the beginning of a global pandemic, and finding creativity in lockdown.   Like many authors, the publication of my debut novel was a dream coming… Read More