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Guest post by Sonia Ahmed: 9 Pakistani writers to keep on your radar in 2021
Now that it’s hard to travel, novels are more vital than ever in giving us an insight into other countries…
Giveaway: Enter to win six signed paperbacks
*This giveaway has now closed.* Today I’m sharing the opportunity to win six signed paperbacks — including my own The…
Book review: Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen’s novels combine pacy, absurdist plots, a wry take on political and popular culture and an underlying anger at…
Book review: Still Life by Val McDermid (Karen Pirie #6)
Still Life has an intriguing plot, a twisty and convoluted tale of a body found off the Fife coast. The…
Book review: The Gates of Athens by Conn Iggulden
The Gates of Athens tells the story of ancient Athens from Marathon to Thermopylae through four of the city’s most…
Audiobook review: A Theatre for Dreamers, written and narrated by Polly Samson
A Theatre for Dreamers should have been fascinating. Its starting point is the true story of a community of writers…
Book review: The Sandpit by Nicholas Shakespeare
There was a happy time when I was naive enough to think that a story of wealth, power and corruption…
End of the Bay is published! Read an extract
End of the Bay is now live on Amazon! Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive of the launch…
Book review: All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Astrid Strick is the matriarch of a middle-class family in Clapham, a small town in New York State. She is…
