nonfiction

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

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

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

Am really very excited for Reading Independent Publishers Month, which is being hosted by Kaggsy and Lizzy. It seems like the last few …

This week’s prompt for Nonfiction November is to ‘be the expert’ and ‘share three or more books on a single topic that …

My first review for Nonfiction November 2020 is We Fight Fascists: The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-war Britain by …

There are so many good reading challenges around on Twitter and Instagram, but often I only realise when they are nearly over! …

If you were captivated by the recent HBO series, Chernobyl, and especially the story of Lyudmila Ignatenko and her husband, Vasily, one …

When Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015, the reports noted that English translations of her work were ‘sparse.’ Happily …

I have often wished I could step back in time to see the Mersey in its golden years brimming with vessels setting …