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Book review: Skin, by Liam Brown
A frightening virus has changed life as we know it. People have become allergic to each other and one touch can be enough to kill. Angela lives a quiet life, isolated from her husband and their two...
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A Disappearing Man: The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas
Book review: The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas, by Daniel James When journalist Daniel James is asked to write a biography of reclusive artist Ezra Maas, who disappeared seven years earlier...
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Reviewing Debut Fiction: Animals Eat Each Other, by Elle Nash
Animals Eat Each Other is a debut novel about a young woman who begins a sexual relationship that leads her to explore the dynamic between obsession and desire. This is a striking novel written in...
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The Naseby Horses: An Uncanny Debut Novel
Book review: The Naseby Horses, by Dominic Brownlow Seventeen-year-old Simon’s twin sister, Charlotte, is missing. As his distraught family wait for news, Simon struggles with his worsening epilepsy...
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Musings on Motherhood: Ducks, Newburyport
A review of Ducks, Newburyport, by Lucy Ellmann At 1,000 pages, the Booker shortlisted novel Ducks, Newburyport is an intimidating undertaking. Not least because much of the book is written in one...
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The Secret of the Labyrinth
Book review: The Stranger’s Guide to Talliston, by John Tarrow Thirteen-year-old Joe lives alone in a hideout in an abandoned bus, where he fled after his family was attacked. He knows his parents...
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The Stories You Can’t Forget
A book review of Dead Girls, by Selva Almada (Translated by Annie McDermott) Author Selva Armada grew up in small-town Argentina and still remembers the stories of three young women, who were...
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Coming to Life: Dead Rock Stars
Book review: Dead Rock Stars by Guy Mankowski Emma Imrie leaves behind her home on the Isle of Wight and a difficult relationship with her mother to become a rock star with her Nineties Riot grrrl...
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Books for Christmas: Fifty Words for Snow
Book review: Fifty Words for Snow by Nancy Campbell Sometimes you pick up a book and know it’s going to be special. Fifty Words for Snow by Nancy Campbell is the perfect read for people who love...
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Book review: Everything is Beautiful, by Eleanor Ray
Amy Ashton lives alone in a house piled high with memories. She keeps her memories in her heart, but since the disappearance of her boyfriend, Tim, and best friend, Chantal, years earlier, they’ve...
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