June 28, 2018 He by John Connolly Paperback review by Annabel When I first started reading this book, I hadn’t appreciated it was by ‘John’ Connolly of the Charlie Parker crime…
June 26, 2018 The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography Review by Liz Dexter “I hate autobiographies. They’re so fake”. That’s an astounding opening sentence but one that doesn’t really surprise, given that it’s…
June 21, 2018 White King: The Tragedy of Charles I by Leanda de Lisle Review by Julie Barham This is a book that in many ways reads like a novel. That said, it is also a non- fiction…
June 21, 2018 Caroline’s Bikini by Kirsty Gunn Reviewed by Harriet ‘Alright’ I said, ‘I’ll try’…’But I’ve never done this kind of thing before’ is what I would have said next, I’m…
June 19, 2018 Old Baggage by Lissa Evans Reviewed by Julie Barham There are some books which are so good that I struggle to find words to suggest how much I appreciate…
June 19, 2018 The Overstory by Richard Powers Review by Peter Reason This is a novel about the place of humans in the living world. Too serious, too philosophical, you might say?…
June 14, 2018 84K by Claire North Reviewed by David Harris Trying to sum up this book, and North’s writing, in a discussion with a friend on Twitter recently, I said…
June 14, 2018 The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder Reviewed by Max Dunbar Why Everything Old Is New Again If I had to recommend a historian on the twentieth century terrors to someone…
June 12, 2018 Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston Reviewed by Harriet This little treasure of a book tells the story, in his own words, of the last survivor of the last, illegal,…
June 12, 2018 Vocations by Gerald O’Donovan Reviewed by Julie Barham This Irish novel, originally published in 1921, reprinted by Handheld Press, is a tremendously engaging read. Dealing with the fates…
June 7, 2018 The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh Reviewed by Lucy Unwin I can’t remember seeing a more perfect cover for a book in a while. Everything you need to know about The…
June 7, 2018 The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers Translated by Margaret Bettauer Dembo Reviewed by Gill Davies The novel is set in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and was first published in…
June 5, 2018 Star of the North by D B John Reviewed by Annabel Very few westerners get to visit North Korea, and DB John is one of them – he’s seen the public face…
June 5, 2018 The Sing of the Shore, by Lucy Wood Review by Helen Parry I have been a fan of Lucy Wood’s writing since reading her début collection of short stories, Diving Belles, and…
