Guest post: Gaby Koppel, author of Reparation

I’m fascinated by characters who don’t fit into simple categories – hero, villain, survivor, victim – so I was intrigued … More

Book review: Kill [redacted] by Anthony Good

Michael has lost his wife in a terrorist attack. He is determined to get his revenge – not on the … More

The Last has an original starting point for a post-apocalyptic novel. Jon learns, via the final gasps of social media, … More

As someone who thinks that likeability is a much overrated quality in a protagonist (particularly a female one) Bitter is … More

I’m very pleased to have novelist, memoir writer and musician Alba Arikha answering questions on the blog today, ahead of … More

The Dreamers begins with a young woman student falling ill in a college dorm, with a strange illness whose victims … More

The Song of Hild tells the story of the seventh-century saint and abbess of Whitby. Most of the novel is … More

Here are my favourite literary novels of 2018. Tap the book link to read my full review. This is going … More

The Place You’re Supposed to Laugh opens with fourteen-year-old Chad on his way to get his father out of jail, in … More

I’ve had mixed responses to Jonathan Coe novels over the years. I loved The Rotters’ Club and What a Carve … More