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Deerskin Review

Georges (Jean Dujardin), recently separated from his wife, decides to blow all of his savings…

Boarders Review

There’s a lot that is going to be different about this year’s COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics.…

Alison Booth on the inspiration for The Painting

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

Book Review: The Nine by Gwen Strauss

With her latest book, The Nine, children’s book author Gwen Strauss tells the little explored…

Book Review: The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta

From its very first page, opening on the sun-soaked glamour of Saint-Tropez, The View Was…

Alex Dahl on the inspiration and research behind Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever tells the story of experienced psychotherapist, Kristina Moss, and her troubled client, Leah…

July reads: 8 of the best new books published this month

July might have got off to a stormy start weather wise, but the publishing calendar…

Ellen Alpsten on The Tsarina’s Daughter: A People’s Princess

Never before has there been so much interest in female power, be it historically, or…

Book Review: Reputation by Lex Croucher

It feels strange to use the words Gossip Girl and Jane Austen in the same…

From magical middle grade to romantic coming-of-age tales: the best children’s and YA books to read this summer

Last month we shared our must-read adult fiction books for this summer. Now we’re taking…

Book Review: The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

We arrive in the fictional town of Old Ox, Georgia, just after the Civil War…

Read an extract from This Shining Life by Harriet Kline

This Shining Life is about love and grief, how it can tear a family apart…