May 21, 2020Review: ResistHistory-into-fiction. Stories of uprising, protest and resistance from across British history.
Aug 24, 2019Review: Las Cenizas del Comal by Francisco Martínez CriadoThis remarkable and revelatory book does rather a lot in its circa 200 pages. It is the autobiographical experience of a Spaniard working...
Jul 24, 2019To Singapore, with books!Recently I was fortunate enough to be in Singapore for the third time in less than two years and on this most recent trip I decided it...
May 14, 2019One novel, many voices: Uma Outra Voz by Gabriela Ruivo TrindadeUma Outra Voz is a novel of many voices. Distinct, individual and standalone yet interconnected. It is inspired by a real family history...
Apr 23, 2019Northern Ireland: the Booker and BeyondIn October of 2018, Anna Burns became the first writer from Northern Ireland to win the Man Booker Prize, with her Troubles-set novel...
Jun 29, 2017Corbyn, Achebe and OrwellWith chants of ‘oh Jeremy Corbyn’ ringing out around Glastonbury last weekend, the formerly unpopular Labour leader is the man of the...