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December 16, 2020

The Story of Keth by Blanche Girouard

Reviewed by Rob Spence Blanche Girouard, born in 1898,  was a prominent figure in the Anglo-Irish aristocracy of the early twentieth century. Her father…

December 15, 2020

Miss Mole by E H Young

Reviewed by Elaine Simpson-Long I seem to have spent most of my life rummaging around in second hand bookshops and in so doing have…

December 8, 2020

Death Goes on Skis – Nancy Spain

Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Nancy Spain’s name rang a bell when I saw Virago were going to republish some of her books, but I…

November 17, 2020

Mr Fox by Barbara Comyns

Reviewed by Harriet It’s exactly ten years since I discovered Barbara Comyns for the first time. Born in 1909, she had an unusual upbringing…

November 3, 2020

Women’s Weird 2: More Strange Stories by Women, 1891-1937, edited by Melissa Edmundson

Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Women’s Weird: Strange Stories by Women 1890 -1940 was a standout book from last year – it’s still genuinely one…

November 3, 2020

British Weird, Selected Shorter Fiction 1893-1937 edited by James Machin

Reviewed by Hayley Anderton I spent some time looking up the definition of Weird as opposed to Horror in preparation for writing this, and…

October 29, 2020

The Unbearable Bassington by Saki

Reviewed by Elaine Simpson-Long Francesca Bassington sat in the drawing room of her house in Blue Street regaling herself and her estimable brother Henry…

October 22, 2020

One Billion Years to the End of the World by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Translated by Antonina W. Bouis Reviewed by Karen Langley Science fiction writing often gets a bad press; dismissed as lightweight genre writing, mocked for…

October 13, 2020

Reviewer’s Choice: A Day to Remember to Forget by Rosalind Brackenbury

While Shiny New Books concentrates on the new, we enjoyed giving some of our reviewers room to share previously published – ie: ‘not Shiny…

September 10, 2020

Non-Combatants and Others by Rose Macaulay

Reviewed by Karen Langley Rose Macaulay is mainly known for her 1956 novel The Towers of Trebizond; yet she was an astonishingly prolific writer,…

September 1, 2020

Potterism by Rose Macaulay

Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Handheld Press are fast becoming my favourite independent press. Their book choices are consistently interesting, their editions well produced with particularly…

September 1, 2020

Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay

Reviewed by Harriet Another very welcome addition to the new British Library Women Writers series, Dangerous Ages was published in 1921. It’s a fascinating…

July 14, 2020

The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany

Review by Helen Parry I first read The King of Elfland’s Daughter five years ago, but this ‘fine, strange, almost forgotten novel’, as Neil…

June 25, 2020

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Reviewed by Harriet It’s been many years since I read anything by Scott Fitzgerald, but he used to be a favourite of mine. So…

June 25, 2020

Westwind by Ian Rankin

Paperback review by Rob Spence It comes as a bit of a shock to realise that Ian Rankin has now published well over thirty…

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June 23, 2020

The End of Me by Alfred Hayes

Reviewed by Annabel Hayes, who was born in London but emigrated to the US as a child, first came to attention as a poet…

June 18, 2020

The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo

Translated by Yumiko Yamazaki Review by Terence Jagger This Japanese detective thriller is set in the 1940s and so is relatively ‘modern’, but only…

June 16, 2020

James and Nora: A Portrait of a Marriage by Edna O’Brien

Review by Rob Spence Last year, Weidenfeld and Nicholson reissued Edna O’Brien’s 1999 biography of Joyce, an entertainingly idiosyncratic volume, which is reviewed here….

June 11, 2020

Victory For The Slain by Hugh Lofting

Review by Rob Spence When we think of First World War poets, it’s safe to say that Hugh Lofting will not be the first…

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May 26, 2020

Chatterton Square by E H Young

Reviewed by Harriet When the British Library announced the first three titles in their new Women Writers series, I was delighted see that one…

May 19, 2020

Diary Of A Foreigner In Paris, by Curzio Malaparte

Translated by Stephen Twilley Reviewed by Basil Ransome-Davies An adjective frequently applied to Curzio Malaparte is ‘colourful’. To the Cambridge dictionary it means ‘vivid,…

April 21, 2020

My Husband Simon by Mollie Panter-Downes

Reviewed by Harriet I’m sure I’m not alone in having rejoiced when the British Library announced a new series of reprints of 20th century…

April 7, 2020

A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen by Martin Gayford and David Hockney

Reviewed by Liz Dexter This is a new ‘compact’ edition of this book, with a revised final chapter bringing it all up to date,…

March 17, 2020

James Joyce by Edna O’Brien

Review by Rob Spence Edna O’Brien’s position as one of the most significant modern Irish writers is undisputed, and here, in this reissue of…

February 25, 2020

Business as Usual by Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford

Reviewed by Ali Business as Usual is an early work from the formidably productive writing partnership of Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford (both pseudonyms) –…

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