October 5, 2021 The Right Sort of Girl by Anita Rani Review by Liz Dexter How on earth did I get to where I am today? This is no overnight success story, this is not…
November 17, 2020 The Book Lover’s Quiz Book: Novel Conundrums by Gary Wigglesworth Reviewed by Annabel Gary Wigglesworth’s twitter feed was something of a godsend on Tuesday evenings during furlough earlier this summer. The former bookseller who…
July 9, 2020 Expectation by Anna Hope Review by Max Dunbar Looking back at her hard living past, singer Florence Welch writes in Vogue: I wonder if my young self would be…
May 7, 2020 Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler Review by Ann Maybe as much as twenty years ago I remember a librarian colleague at the University where I was then working saying…
May 5, 2020 You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce Review by Hayley Anderton You Let Me In is Camilla Bruce’s debut novel, and it marks her out as an author to watch. It…
March 19, 2019 The Sect Of Angels by Andrea Camilleri Translated by Stephen Sartarelli Reviewed by Gill Davies In addition to the Inspector Montalbano novels, best known to English readers from the TV adaptations…
January 25, 2018 Ice by Anna Kavan Reviewed by Karen Langley Ice has come a long way since its first publication by its champion, Peter Owen, in 1968. My initial encounter with…
August 29, 2017 Patchinko by Min Jin Lee Review by Gill Davies Patchinko is a very different novel from Min Jin Lee’s earlier Free Food for Millionaires, which I reviewed here. It…
October 13, 2016 Caught in the Revolution by Helen Rappaport Reviewed by Rob Spence We seem to have a glut of popular historians at the moment. Simon Schama, Tom Holland, Peter Frankopan, Lara Feigel,…
July 30, 2015 The Moor by William Atkins Reviewed by Christine Harding The moors of his childhood gave William Atkins a lifelong passion for moorlands, and in this book he travels through…
October 6, 2014 Monique Roffey – A Profile By Victoria Best Monique Roffey has been on a creative roll for the best part of a decade and has seen her work rise…
October 6, 2014 The Eds Discuss: Book Covers By the Shiny New Books Editors Never mind the old saw, ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’, how important IS cover design, bearing…
October 1, 2014 Hild by Nicola Griffith Reviewed by Helen That night she dreamt Fursey was talking to Hereswith. It’s what women do: weave the web, pull the strings, herd into the…
April 24, 2014 An Episode of Sparrows and The Dark Horse by Rumer Godden Reviewed by Harriet Devine Rumer Godden is a remarkable writer, and far less well known today than she deserves to be. So, Virago’s decision…
