Book Reviews

Shortly after lockdown I suggested a trip to my girlfriend. One to Green Lane, Enfield. Not the most romantic or picturesque of…

Here at ten million hardbacks, indies get a lot of love! Some of my favourite books have been discovered via the #ReadIndies…

Across the Water is part two of Jack Byrne’s planned trilogy of stories that examine Liverpool and Ireland’s political and social history…

So far in this series I’ve looked at books which informed my teenage political thought (Nineteen Eighty-Four), made me want to become…

Well, COVID finally caught up with us, and February’s reading and writing plans all went out the window! I was lucky enough…

Last month’s Tokyo Weekender Book Club inspired this The Easy Life in Kamusari review. As well as a good book club choice,…

Today would have been Vasily Grossman’s birthday and in honour of the occasion, I am trying to fit in a few chapters…

This is a busy time of year, as noted in my last review, and when reading time is short, I often turn…

Being up to your ears in work is nothing to complain about, unless it cuts into the reading and writing time too…

October is Black History Month in the UK and so there is no better time to continue reading and loving Sam Selvon’s…