Book Review: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

When was the last time you read a fantasy book set in an alternate Cairo…

Book Review: Velvet Was The Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Many authors have a characteristic formula with their fiction. Be it swoony romance, spine-tingling chills…

Ian Green on worldbuilding in fantasy and the journey to publication

When I was wee I used to spend hours clambering the ruins of castles and…

Anna Kent on the inspiration behind psychological thriller The House of Whispers

The House of Whispers is primarily a story about guilt. The idea was sparked by…

Stephanie Burgis on fulfilling her wildest fantasies from childhood when writing The Raven Heir

When I was a little kid, my best friend insisted that she definitely wanted to…

Book Review: The Rising Storm (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Cavan Scott

The Rising Storm – the triumphant, exciting and more grounded sequel to Light of the…

Why Georgette Heyer’s books are the perfect comfort read for our times

One of the unexpected side effects of the pandemic lockdowns and restrictions has undoubtedly been…

Book Review: Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood

When I was a teenager, way back in the distant memory year of 2004, I…

Sarah Langan’s top five fantastic non-fiction books that’ll make you wish you lived on Mars (in the best of ways)

Good Neighbours author Sarah Langan shares five fantastic non-fiction books that will make you wish you lived on Mars…

Book Review: You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry

If you’re searching for the epitome of a summer novel, there really is no book…

Book Review: These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

Sometimes when you finish reading a novel that you’ve categorically devoured, there’s a temptation to…

Alison Booth on the inspiration for The Painting

When I was very young, I remember seeing, in a book in my father’s study,…