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No one was expecting Cuffy Jasper Lambkin – aka Sportcoat – to walk up to…

Book Review: The Minute I Saw You by Paige Toon

Picking up a new Paige Toon novel is like catching up with an old friend,…

Book Review: The Stray Cats of Homs by Eva Nour

Ooof. Have you ever read a book that felt like getting beaten up? One that…

Alison Weir: Ramping up the proclamations – how Henry VIII dealt with epidemics

Forget one metre. Henry VIII’s idea of social distancing was seven miles. When he married…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

Book Review: The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao

The Majesties, Tiffany Tsao’s latest novel, is quite the journey. The opening chapter is almost…

Book Review: True Story by Kate Reed Petty

“True Story does not follow the usual path of a novel”, Kate Reed Petty says…

Book Review: The New Girl by Harriet Walker

It’s not very often that a novel can be described as both stylish and sinister,…

Book Review: The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish

Ever since he had a traumatic meltdown on the Underground, Jamie has avoided any kind…