Welcome to the latest edition Booktime of 2021!

Pick up your paper copy from the Bookshop or read the digital version here.

With spring in the air we can look to the future and hope for better times.

This edition has lots of book features and interviews, including Monty Don’s expert guide to gardening, former Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney’s framework for economic prosperity and bestselling novelist Isabel Allende’s exploration of feminism, Emma Stonex talking about her new novel about the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in the 1970s and Tim Marshall introducing his new book looking at the geopolitics of 10 significant regions and countries.

Booktime is published 6 times a year and is available exclusively from independent bookshops.