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Andy Darcy Theo on the found family trope

The found family trope has long been a beloved staple in young-adult books, and for…

Book Review: The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton

Honora ‘Nora’ Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in Gammanix. Her family…

Read an extract from A Better Nightmare by Megan Freeman

Emily Emerson has the Grimm. A disease nobody wants. Removed to a facility, she becomes…

April Fiction: 6 unputdownable books to read this month

From a speculative murder mystery and a gothic historical thriller to a bookish tale of…

Book Review: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Linda is a woman in her early 30s who is sexually attracted to airplanes. Yes,…

Trisha Tobias: What’s In a Name – The Power of Starting Fresh

Honeysuckle and Bone touches on many topics: guilt, shame, grief, secrets. But at its core,…

Maithree Wijesekara: How my work as a dentist has helped me create multi-layered characters in my fantasy world

Writing gore comes easier to me than writing romance. While this is unfortunate from a…

Read an extract from The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton

At sixteen, Honora ‘Nora’ Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in Gamanix;…

Book Review: Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven

Evelyn has lived through a thousand lifetimes and in every single one, she’s been murdered…

Lauren Bravo: The lure of the chaotic, charismatic fictional family

Forgive me, but Tolstoy was wrong. Happy families are not all alike. Or perhaps the…

Sophie Austin: Victorian Fiction Is More Relevant Than Ever

I’m yet to meet a person that hasn’t read, watched, or at least heard of…

Glasgow Film Festival 2025: The best of the rest of the fest

The 21st edition has been another great Glasgow Film Festival. Here are some more of…