Book Reviews

Book Review: Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed

In a lot of ways, Amy Reed’s Tell Me My Name follows all the beats of a typical coming-of-age storyline. It centres on a girl, Fern, who’s on the cusp of adul... Read More...

Book Review: Shipped by Angie Hockman

If romance novels offer up the best kind of escapism, then Angie Hockman really made certain to go the extra mile with her debut Shipped by taking that romanc... Read More...

Book Review: The Panic Years by Nell Frizzell

When I was just starting out as a writer, I would read Nell Frizzell’s articles on arts and culture and yearn for my writing to be as witty, candid and insightf... Read More...

Book Review: Dog Days by Ericka Waller

Dog Days, the debut novel from Brighton based author Ericka Waller, follows three characters struggling with life. There’s George, who, having thought he’d live... Read More...

March reads: 10 of the best new books published this month

The sun is shining, the daffodils are out, and we can – just about - wander across grass without losing our wellies to a muddy quagmire. Spring’s imminent arriv... Read More...

Book Review: Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi

Twenty year-old Korean-American Jayne is just about holding it together. She lives in a tiny, grotty illegal sublet in Brooklyn, with a man who’s only paid rent... Read More...

Book Review: Land Of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen

The ten stories in Te-Ping Chen’s collection, Land Of Big Numbers, are all about modern life in China. In Lulu, a brother charts the online anti-government acti... Read More...

Comic Review: House of El Book One – The Shadow Threat

In House of El: The Shadow Threat, the first in a new YA graphic novel trilogy from writer Claudia Gray and illustrated by Eric Zawadzki, we’re offered a grou... Read More...

Book Review: Empty Houses by Brenda Navarro

She just looked at her phone for a moment, and he was gone. Daniel’s mother searches everywhere for him, but his vanishing appears to be permanent. So she’s lef... Read More...

Book Review: Last One At The Party by Bethany Clift

The thought of reading about a devastating global pandemic, during an actual global pandemic, isn’t immediately appealing. When so many of us read to escape rea... Read More...

Book Review: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

The first half of 2021 is full of sharp, edge-of-your-seat thrillers that keep readers guessing. One of the best this month is Sarah Pearse’s debut, The Sanator... Read More...

Book Review: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

The One Hundred Years Of Lenni And Margot may be the tale of two terminally ill women, but it is much more about their lives than it is their deaths. 17 year... Read More...

Film

I Blame Society Review

Win cult 60’s classic Catch Us If You Can, plus three more pop musical comedies from Vintage Classics on Blu-ray

Final Days Review

TV

Win A Discovery of Witches Season Two on Blu-ray

It’s A Sin Review

Why you should stop what you’re doing and start watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Music

AC/DC return with ‘Shot in the Dark’

Single Review: Andrea – Fighting For

Spotlight on Matt Marcii and Robbie Hutton

Books

Book Review: Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Book Review: Everyone Dies Famous In A Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Book Review: Witches Steeped In Gold by Ciannon Smart

Book Reviews

Book Review: Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed

Book Review: Shipped by Angie Hockman

Book Review: The Panic Years by Nell Frizzell

Book Review: Dog Days by Ericka Waller

March reads: 10 of the best new books published this month

Book Review: Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi

Book Review: Land Of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen

Comic Review: House of El Book One – The Shadow Threat

Book Review: Empty Houses by Brenda Navarro

Book Review: Last One At The Party by Bethany Clift

Book Review: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

Book Review: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin