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Month: June 2018

John Connolly He
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…

White King Leanda De Lisle
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…

old baggage lissa evans
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…

Overstory richard powers
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?…

84k claire north
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,…

Vocations-gerald o'donovan
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…

Sing of the shore lucy wood
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…

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