Book Reviews

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…

The latest club read hosted by Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings and Stuck in a Book is for books published in 1976 and happily,…

This Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 review is a little late as I started reading Cho Nam-Joo’s novel as part of 20 Books…

It is rare to find a book where you are completely familiar with its settings and themes from the first page, where…

I realised that although two other recent reviews – The Comrade from Milan and Second-Hand Time – mentioned Maria Stepanova’s family history,…

This The Comrade from Milan review came via a Verso Book Club subscription, which I recommend if you are into discovering new…

I love a good multigenerational family saga with strong women at its heart – perhaps one like Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing – and…

If you, like me, are looking forward to this year’s Women in Translation Month and anticipating all the new books and writers…

There is much to enjoy about Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, it kept me up reading later than was sensible! But while its appearance…