Review for Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
Australian author Lucy Treloar has been nominated for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize in the UK for her novel Salt Creek. The prize celebrates historical fiction and was first awarded to Hilary […]
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Review for Hope Farm
Hope Farm has been an office favourite since it was published in October last year. Now it’s up for the win for this year’s Stella Prize – read the […]
Top Review: The High Mountains of Portugal
The High Mountains of Portugal Yann Martel I never managed to get into Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, so when I was given the chance to read his latest offering, […]
‘Be Frank with Me’ Extract + Review
Check out a review for LA writer Julia Clairborne Johnson’s debut, Be Frank with Me. It’s described as a fresh, fun, and sharp novel that has all the humour and warmth […]
Top Review for ‘A Lightless Sky’
If you missed this book when it came out in October, after reading this review you might reconsider tracking it down in the bookshop. A Lightless Sky: An Afghan refugee boy’s journey […]
Top Review: Grief is the Thing with Feathers
Grief is the Thing with Feathers is the debut novella from Max Porter, a senior editor at Granta and known for editing the Man Booker Prize-winning novel ‘The Luminaries’ by […]
Top Review: A Crucible of Souls
Fantasy week is in full swing, and we’re delving into some of the latest books that strive to construct sprawling new worlds filled with formidable and enigmatic characters and dark tendrils of magic. Read […]
Top Review: The Natural Way of Things
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood Ten young women wake up drugged and in an asylum. Their heads are shaven and they are transported to a remote and […]
Five Star Review – The Fishermen
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma has just been announced as one of the dozen books longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize for contemporary fiction. Chigozie was born in Nigeria […]
Review of ‘A Place Called Winter’
A Place Called Winter – Patrick Gale This epic story of a journey of self-discovery begins around the early 1900s when Harry Cane has an indiscreet liaison with another man. He […]
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