Book Review: Lot by Bryan Washington

For those already familiar with Bryan Washington’s writing, it will be of no surprise that the heart of his debut book, Lot, is the city of Houston itself, his ... Read More...

Book Review: She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

In this exhilarating and memorable debut, Liberian-American author Wayétu Moore explores history and identity through three characters scattered, initially, acr... Read More...

Book Review: Crossing by Pajtim Statovci

The second novel from Finnish-Albanian writer Pajtim Statovci, author of My Cat Yugoslavia, follows the paths of two young Albanian men looking to escape early ... Read More...

Book Review: The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem

‘Post Trumpian’ writing, if that’s the coined phrase yet, has been predominantly focussed on non-fiction titles in the past couple of years - Fire and Fury by M... Read More...

Book Review: The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

Like the chorus of mosquitoes that narrate this electrifying debut, there has been plenty of buzz heralding the first novel of Zambian writer Namwali Serpell. ... Read More...

Book Review: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

The question of how far you would go to protect your family is the running thread of this prickly debut from Nigerian writer Oyinkan Braithwaite. Two sisters in... Read More...

Best Books of 2018: Normal People, The Toymakers, The Cruel Prince and more

Before we allow ourselves to get too excited by the promise of another great year of reading ahead of us in 2019 – and it’s already shaping up to be a good one ... Read More...

Why you should be watching Castle Rock

For long time fans of Stephen King, the past couple of years have seemed like a renaissance. While admittedly the author hasn’t released a blockbusting novel re... Read More...

Book Review: The Lingering by SJI Holliday

If you’re not done already with feasting yourself on the current (and welcome, in my opinion) glut of haunted house stories that are flooding the screens, from ... Read More...

Book Review: States of Passion by Nihad Sirees

A Chinese box style story–within-a-story frames this novel’s focus on women-only dancing groups of 1970’s Aleppo, and the ensuing lesbian relationships within t... Read More...

Book Review: House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

A rather silly, but eminent author recently proclaimed that the ‘novel was dead’, to much outraged response from the literary world. I would feel for the poor g... Read More...

Book Review: The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil

It’s surely impossible for anyone to finish the memoir of Clemantine Wamariya and not simply sit back in awe at her story, her survival and strength. This is br... Read More...