Reading Independent Publishers Month

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

Last February’s Reading Independent Publishers Month brought me many new books to enjoy and so it is wonderful to hear it is…

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…

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…

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

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

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