What do you ‘see’ when you read fiction?

What do you see in your mind’s eye? When you read, is it like watching a movie in your head?…

Book review: The Middlepause by Marina Benjamin

In The Middlepause Marina Benjamin writes about turning fifty and reflects on the effects of menopause, bereavement and the psychological…

Denise Mina is always willing to take her writing in fresh and interesting directions. Her last novel, The Long Drop,…

Cuthbert of Farne is a novel based on the life of Cuthbert, the seventh-century saint, covering the key events of…

Are you throwing away the best years of your life on books that just aren’t worth it? When I…

Since belatedly discovering Chris Brookmyre a couple of years ago, I’ve been burning my way through his backlist and appreciating…

Fade to Grey is the first in a series featuring Gethin Grey. He heads up a firm which investigates miscarriages…

I’m barging into Barney Thomson’s story eight books in, but I still felt immediately at home with Aye, Barney. Barney is…

Sinéad Gleeson’s memoir Constellations explores the relationship between our bodies and our identity. In a series of linked essays, she writes…

I have a relative who says he only reads dead authors, because then he knows how many of their books…