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Month: September 2019

Martin Gayford The Pursuit of Art
September 26, 2019

The Pursuit of Art: Travels, Encounters and Revelations by Martin Gayford

Review by Liz Dexter “The pursuit of art is a journey that never stops: the more you see, the more you want to see.”…

Deborah Levy man who saw everything
September 24, 2019

The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy

Review by Annabel Levy came to the forefront of our attention when her 2011 novel Swimming Home was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize,…

Confession Jessie Burton
September 19, 2019

The Confession by Jessie Burton

Review by Anna Hollingsworth Capturing an era with impeccable accuracy is a challenge that anyone writing about the past must face; there will always…

elizabeth von arnim caravaners handheld
September 19, 2019

The Caravaners by Elizabeth von Arnim

Introduced by Juliane Römhild, with notes by Kate Macdonald Review by Karen Langley Elizabeth von Arnim is probably best known nowadays for her novel The…

September 17, 2019

Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Wildest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer

Review by Liz Dexter Lara is by her own account a bit scatter-brained. She’s been described as away with the fairies, didn’t see the…

moonlighting nathan waddell
September 17, 2019

Moonlighting: Beethoven and Literary Modernism, by Nathan Waddell

Review by Rob Spence When the newly-elected Brexit party MEPs took their place at the European Parliament in June, they used the opening ceremony…

futurekind design people rob phillips
September 17, 2019

Futurekind: Design by and for the People by Robert Phillips

Review by Liz Dexter Robert Phillips is a senior tutor on the Design Products course at the Royal College of Art, as well as…

anna kavan machines in the head peter owen
September 12, 2019

Machines in the Head: Selected Short Writing by Anna Kavan

Review by Karen Langley There was quite a resurgence of interest in Anna Kavan’s writing last year with the release of not one, but…

house opposite barbara noble dean street press
September 12, 2019

The House Opposite by Barbara Noble

Review by Elaine Simpson-Long It sounds odd to begin a book review with the statement that I do not like contemporary literature. I never…

Devotion Madeline Stevens
September 10, 2019

Devotion by Madeline Stevens

Reviewed by Harriet ‘A dangerous novel – sharp, glittering and sexy’: so says the quotation on the cover of Madeline Stevens’ debut novel. I’m…

Sanctuary Luca d'andrea maclehose
September 5, 2019

Sanctuary by Luca D’Andrea

Translated by Howard Curtis and Katherine Gregor Review by Basil Ransome-Davies Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ‘em/And little fleas…

Remarkable Life of the skin monty lyman
September 5, 2019

The Remarkable Life of the Skin by Monty Lyman

Review by Simon. The number of science books I’ve read can be numbered on my fingers, and number of science books I’ve read that weren’t written…

To be taught if fortunate becky chambers
September 3, 2019

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

Review by Annabel Those who’ve visited Shiny New Books before may know of my passion for the novels of Becky Chambers, one of the…

Beastings Benjamin Myers
September 3, 2019

Beastings by Benjamin Myers

Reviewed by Kim Forrester Stories told in strong, distinctive voices using sparse, pared-back prose don’t come much better than Benjamin Myers’ Beastings, which has just…

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