March 30, 2017 Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash Paperback review by Susan Osborne Ron Rash hails from the Appalachians and it’s there that he sets his award-winning novels with their smalltown mountain…
March 30, 2017 The Nix by Nathan Hill Reviewed by Lucy Unwin No book could be simultaneously more timely and more timeless than this future classic. The Nix is fun, joyous, exciting…
March 28, 2017 Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller Review by Annabel I reviewed Claire Fuller’s debut novel, Our Endless Numbered Days, for Shiny upon its publication – I loved it and was…
March 28, 2017 The Longest Night by Otto de Kat Translated by Laura Watkinson Reviewed by Gill Davies Otto de Kat is the pseudonym of a Dutch writer (journalist, poet, translator and editor) whose…
March 23, 2017 Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano Translated by John Brownjohn Reviewed by Annabel I’m very glad to have met the irrepressible Auntie Poldi! Our narrator, her beloved nephew, tells us…
March 23, 2017 Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn Reviewed by Rebecca Foster From the title and the Montego Bay, Jamaica setting, you might be expecting a story line light enough to match…
March 21, 2017 She Died Young by Elizabeth Wilson Paperback review by Gill Davies She Died Young was published in hardback last year and is now available in paperback. It is the fourth novel…
March 21, 2017 Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada Translated by Susan Bernofsky Reviewed by Terence Jagger This is a rather engaging book, which on the surface is not entirely innocent of the…
March 16, 2017 Hit Makers by Derek Thompson Review by Annabel I came to read this book immediately after devouring UK journalist and presenter Tim Harford’s recent Messy: How to Be Creative…
March 16, 2017 Irresistible: Why we Can’t Stop Checking, Scrolling, Clicking and Watching by Adam Alter Reviewed by Liz Dexter Before: Phone on bedside table, checked for the time whenever I woke up and checked for emails / Facebook updates…
March 14, 2017 Questions for Martine McDonagh Interview by Annabel Narcissim for Beginners is Martine McDonagh’s third novel, reviewed by Annabel here. Annabel: How did you find the whole Unbound experience? (see our…
March 14, 2017 Narcissism for Beginners by Marine McDonagh Reviewed by Annabel In the interest of full disclosure, Martine and I have never met, but we are Facebook friends after I reviewed her…
March 9, 2017 Mother of Darkness by Venetia Welby Reviewed by Annabel Old Soho ain’t what it used to be. The former centre of London’s seedier side has been largely poshed up, gentrified…
March 7, 2017 In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant Review by Annabel There are two types of historical fiction. Those which are set during a particular period with imagined protagonists which may feature…
March 7, 2017 The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft Review by Karen Langley Mention author H.P. Lovecraft to people and you’ll most likely get one of two reactions: either they’ll hail him as…
March 7, 2017 The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown Review by Alice Farrant The number of women my brother Matthew killed as far as I can reckon it, is one hundred and six….
March 2, 2017 Stay with Me by Adébáyọ̀ Ayọ̀bámi Reviewed by Alice Farrant Akin’s father has died and Yejide is coming home. Set against a backdrop of political turmoil, Stay With Me is…
March 2, 2017 Molly Keane A Life by Sally Phipps Review by Hayley Anderton From the moment I discovered Molly Keane it was love, not just for the quality of her writing, the unflattering…
