February 28, 2019 Graceland by Bethan Roberts Reviewed by Annabel When I saw that Bethan Roberts’s new book had Elvis on the cover, I was instantly intrigued. Having followed Bethan’s career…
February 28, 2019 The Death of Murat Idrissi by Tommy Weiringa Translated by Sam Garrett Review by Alice Farrant Two venturesome women on a journey through the land of their fathers and mothers. A wrong…
February 26, 2019 To Kill the Truth by Sam Bourne Review by Rob Spence We live in an age of fake news, propagated by politicians, celebrities and media organisations. Perhaps we always have –…
February 21, 2019 Europe: A Natural History by Tim Flannery Review by Peter Reason A natural history, Tim Flannery tells us, encompasses both the natural and the human worlds. This book attends to three…
February 19, 2019 With the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix Reviewed by Annabel Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize in 2018 this book, which is full of wisdom and compassion, was one of the…
February 19, 2019 The Photographer at Sixteen by George Szirtes Review by Rob Spence This remarkably compelling memoir is, surprisingly, the first prose publication of George Szirtes, one of our most distinguished poets. At…
February 14, 2019 I Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux Review by Max Dunbar Alpha males in print tend to be omega males in real life. Friedrich Nietzsche was not rich during his lifetime….
February 12, 2019 Learning to Die: Wisdom in the Age of Climate Crisis by Robert Bringhurst and Jan Zwicky Review by Peter Reason I am not sure how I came across this book; I think I followed a link on Twitter. It appealed…
February 12, 2019 Slow Motion Ghosts by Jeff Noon Reviewed by Annabel I first discovered Jeff Noon’s weird take on our world when his debut novel Vurt was picked up by a major publisher after…
February 7, 2019 The Lost Man by Jane Harper Reviewed by Annabel I’ll say it up front, Jane Harper’s third novel, The Lost Man, was totally unputdownable! Not having read her first two,…
February 7, 2019 The Real Enid Blyton by Nadia Cohen Reviewed by Elaine Simpson-Long When I was a little girl I used to receive the latest Famous Five book by Enid Blyton every Christmas….
February 5, 2019 No Place to Lay One’s Head by Francoise Frenkel Translated by Stephanie Smee Reviewed by Harriet When I was first offered this book for review, I turned it down, for reasons that are…
