Book review: Glyph
Ali Smith’s new book is a remarkable anti-war tale of ghosts and sisterhood.
By cwagner - 4 min read
Book review: The Message
In three essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores his personal relationship with identity, culture, and apartheid
By Vincent Barry - 4 min read
Book review: 2024 Booker Prize winner Orbital
A single day account which tells the earthly story of being alive.
By Amy Dale - 3 min read
Book review – The First Friend
Set in the Soviet Union during the peak of Stalinism, The First Friend is an absurdist comedy on the legacy of despots and blood-thirsty dictators.
By Vincent Barry - 3 min read
Book review – The Waiting
Detectives Harry Bosch and Reneé Ballard join forces again in a new Michael Connelly page turner that delivers exactly what it promises.
By Pippa Lyons - 2 min read
Book review: Nothing More To Tell
An immersive and gripping young adult thriller
By Noa Granek - 2 min read
Book review: Safe Haven
Shankari Chandran’s gripping and persuasive novel of asylum seekers, reads like an open wound.
By Jen Webb - 6 min read
Book review: The Vulnerables
Sigrid Nunez signs a COVID novel that has the same kind of humour, observation and literary references her fans recognise.
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
Book review: Past Lying
The plot of a dead author’s half-finished manuscript eerily mirrors the real-life disappearance of a young woman. In an Edinburgh lockdown, McDermid’s cold case cop…
By Avril Janks - 2 min read