Books

Nick Setchfield: Scare Tissue – Four Frights That Left Their Mark On Me

MIDWINTER You don’t expect to find existential dread in the pages of Radio Times – let alone the Christmas issue. But when I was seven a single paragraph, pa... Read More...

Book Review: Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

There’s a lot going on in Kate Atkinson’s latest literary crime novel, Big Sky. Women with dark pasts. Marriages built on secrets. Old friends reuniting. Girls ... Read More...

Book Review: Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland

We never learn her name. When we meet the heroine of Fake Like Me, she is a struggling artist in awe of the notorious Pine City collective, Carey Logan being he... Read More...

Tom Chatfield on writing a novel that wrestles his fascinations into fictional form

I studied and then taught English literature at Oxford, moving from my undergraduate degree through a masters to a doctorate looking at the second half of the 2... Read More...

8 YA books to pack in your summer holiday bag

The first half of 2019 has delivered some unputdownable YA novels. From Stephanie Garber's spellbinding Finale and Kat Cho's Korean urban fantasy Wicked Fox, to... Read More...

Book Review: Expectation by Anna Hope

Lissa is an actress who’s fed up of the grind. Cate’s a new mum who is lonely in her marriage. Hannah’s strenuous IVF journey has left her husband feeling shut ... Read More...

8 new books to read this July

Murder mysteries, dark fantasy and Mediterranean travels feature in our round-up of this month's top books. We've narrowed the selection down to eight. The only... Read More...

Win two Dungeons & Dragons Young Adventurer’s Guides

If you're a fan of Dungeons & Dragons, you won't want to miss out on this new series of introductory guidebooks, which kicks off with Monsters & Creatur... Read More...

Win the Dark Artifices trilogy by Cassandra Clare

To celebrate the release of the Queen of Air and Darkness in paperback, we’re giving away the full DARK ARTIFICES trilogy by Cassandra Clare to three lucky winn... Read More...

Book Review: The Modern Faerie Tales by Holly Black

Holly Black is having a well-deserved moment in YA fantasy right now, following the phenomenal success of her The Folk of the Air series. It kicked off with The... Read More...

Comic Review: Superman: Action Comics Volume 1 – Invisible Mafia

Spinning right out of the Man of Steel miniseries, Invisible Mafia sees Superman come face to face with a new threat, The Red Cloud, who is taking over Metropol... Read More...

20 must-read books for Summer 2019

Contrary to the rain we’ve been treated to since the beginning of June, summer is officially here. Which means it’s time to pop open a parasol, grab a cold bevv... Read More...

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Books

Nick Setchfield: Scare Tissue – Four Frights That Left Their Mark On Me

Book Review: Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

Book Review: Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland

Books

Nick Setchfield: Scare Tissue – Four Frights That Left Their Mark On Me

Book Review: Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

Book Review: Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland

Tom Chatfield on writing a novel that wrestles his fascinations into fictional form

8 YA books to pack in your summer holiday bag

Book Review: Expectation by Anna Hope

8 new books to read this July

Win two Dungeons & Dragons Young Adventurer’s Guides

Win the Dark Artifices trilogy by Cassandra Clare

Book Review: The Modern Faerie Tales by Holly Black

Comic Review: Superman: Action Comics Volume 1 – Invisible Mafia

20 must-read books for Summer 2019