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 …

A post on about romance in books reminded me that I had been meaning to write this At the End of the …

It is always a happy time of year when what must be one of everyone’s favourite book events – 20 Books of …

Reading In Memory of Memory made me think about how we consider ours and our relatives’ recollections not only of far-off things, …

Liverpool’s past and present weaves itself around Jack Byrne’s debut novel Under the Bridge. The first part of his Liverpool Mysteries series, …

This The Undiscovered Country review feels long overdue, as I have been cheering the book on ever since reading the synopsis back …