Book Review: Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

When Ibi Zoboi first met Yusef Salaam back in 1999, neither could have foreseen that twenty years later they’d be collaborating on a book together. Salaam is a ... Read More...

Book Review: We Are All The Same In The Dark by Julia Heaberlin

When Wyatt Branson discovers a teenage girl dumped in a field of dandelions by the side of the road, he believes it’s an omen – both of the past catching up wit... Read More...

10 of the best new books to read this September

September is a bumper month for the world of publishing, with hundreds of new books released last week, and many more to follow in the next few weeks. Even the ... Read More...

Book Review: All The Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

With the bewitching magic of Stephanie Garber’s Caraval and the seafaring adventures of Alexandra Christo’s To Kill A Kingdom, Adalyn Grace’s All The Stars and ... Read More...

Book Review: A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

Growing up in a small Scottish village, 11-year-old Addie is used to being treated differently. She loves books, sharks, her personalised pocket thesaurus and h... Read More...

Book Review: Hinton Hollow Death Trip by Will Carver

Just as Marcus Zusak’s The Book Thief is narrated by Death, Will Carver’s latest high-concept literary thriller is also narrated by an ancient, unseen and inevi... Read More...

Graphic Novel Review: When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Joining forces with graphic novelist Victoria Jamieson (Roller Girl) and colourist Iman Geddy, Omar Mohamed shares his heart-wrenching and moving story of growi... Read More...

Book Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Set against the eerie milieu of an old mansion in 1950’s Mexico, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s historical fantasy novel sees a young, glamorous socialite unwittingly d... Read More...

10 of the best books to read this August

With summer in full swing, we're sharing our top bookish picks for this month including feel-good novels, historical crime and a Booker Prize nominated debut. ... Read More...

Book Review: Tiananmen 1989 – Our Shattered Hopes by Lun Zhang

Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes is a first-hand account of China’s Tiananmen Square Massacre as told by a young sociology teacher who witnessed the brutalit... Read More...

Book Review: The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

It’s 1992 and Ashley Bennett lives a charmed life with her friends in Los Angeles. Nearing the end of their senior year, the girls split their time between scho... Read More...

Book Review: True Story by Kate Reed Petty

“True Story does not follow the usual path of a novel”, Kate Reed Petty says about her debut book, which begins with a high school lacrosse party in 1999 and th... Read More...