Stolen Focus in the Bookshop

Stolen Focus Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari

"The more novels you read, the better you were at reading other people’s emotions. It was a huge effect. This wasn’t just a sign that you were better educated—because reading nonfiction books, by contrast, had no effect on your empathy." - Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

 

Jerusalem Commands in the Bookshop

Jerusalem Commands by Michael Moorcock

"Writing is not brave, it’s the opposite – it’s just something I’ve always wanted to do. Surgeons are brave. If there’s a hierarchy of bravery, writers are somewhere near the bottom." - Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet