January 29, 2015 The Waves by Virginia Woolf Reviewed by Stefanie Hollmichel Oxford World Classics has produced a terrific reissue of Virginia Woolf’s novel The Waves. There are helpful endnotes, biographical information, a…
January 27, 2015 Five Fascinating Facts About… Virginia Woolf Written by Simon Thomas We’re featuring a few Virginia Woolf titles in this issue, so it seemed a good time to turn attention to…
January 27, 2015 A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Reviewed by Simon There are plenty of copies of Virginia Woolf’s famous feminist essay A Room of One’s Own available, new and second hand, but I…
January 22, 2015 A Price to Pay by Alex Capus Translated by John Brownjohn Reviewed by Annabel Alex Capus is a French-Swiss novelist who writes in German. He was born in France and now…
January 22, 2015 Some Luck by Jane Smiley Reviewed by Rebecca Foster Jane Smiley’s thirteenth novel returns to the winning formula of her 1991 Pulitzer Prize winner, A Thousand Acres, which transplanted King Lear to…
January 22, 2015 Amnesia by Peter Carey Review by Victoria I first read Peter Carey in 1988, when Oscar and Lucinda won the Booker Prize. I wasn’t sure I could say I liked…
January 22, 2015 Armchair Nation by Joe Moran Reviewed by Annabel. I’m a big fan of television having been an enthusiastic watcher for all of my life, from The Woodentops to Blue…
January 20, 2015 2015 Books into Films Written by Diana Cheng By now, you probably have seen some of the movie adaptations listed in the previous BookBuzz, like Gone Girl, Unbroken, and The Imitation Game….
January 20, 2015 Essays on the Self by Virginia Woolf Reviewed by Simon I should hang my colours to the mast from the outset: for my money, Virginia Woolf is the greatest writer of…
January 15, 2015 The Vegetarian by Han Kang Translated by Deborah Smith Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite The first of Korean writer Han Kang’s books to be widely available (in Deborah Smith’s superb…
January 15, 2015 Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss (YA) Paperback review by Annabel This debut novel was one of the big YA hits in the UK last year and is now out in…
January 15, 2015 A Man of His Word by Imma Monsó Translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Relaño and Martha Tennent Reviewed by Jean Morris I wonder if my daughter will forget the image of…
January 13, 2015 Five Fascinating Facts About… Anthony Trollope Compiled by Harriet 1. Born in 1815, Trollope had a miserable childhood. His father lost all his money, he was bullied at school, and…
January 13, 2015 Doctor Thorne & Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope Reviewed by Harriet Anthony Trollope was born in April 1815, which makes this year his bicentenary. I assume that this is why Oxford World’s…
January 8, 2015 Cover Your Eyes by Adèle Geras Reviewed by Harriet Best known for her books for children and young adults (ninety-five of them to date), Adèle Geras has also written a…
January 8, 2015 Adèle Geras – A Life in Books Interview by Victoria Adèle Geras and I had an unexpected chance to bond before we ever met. We were both on our way to a…
January 8, 2015 The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick Reviewed by Annabel Marcus Sedgwick is one of my favourite authors, one of the few whose new YA and adult novels I will buy…
