A fun family drama from the Polari Prize-winning author of In at the Deep End Nuclear Family is centred on … More
Tag: humour
Book review: A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
I’m not someone who’s deeply invested in the idea of colonising space – I’ve dipped my toe in sci-fi and … More
Book review: Lump by Nathan Whitlock
Lump starts as an engaging domestic comedy about a middle-class Toronto family. Cat Joseph is dealing with familiar issues – … More
Book review: The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything by Kara Gnodde
Sometimes I feel like I want a lighter read, but when I search most of what I find is cookie-cutter … More
Book review: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Humour and fast-paced plotting from the author of the Booker Prize-winning The Luminaries Birnam Wood pits a group of guerilla … More
Series Love: The Chronicles of Carlingford by Margaret Oliphant
For some reason I haven’t found much to enjoy in newly published books recently, and have instead been losing myself … More
Book review: The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
The Echo Chamber features a deeply unappealing family whose life is upended by their addiction to celebrity culture and, in … More
Book review: Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny
Lately I’ve found myself wanting to read books which are humorous and light but with a literary feel too. When … More
Book review: The Truth and Other Hidden Things by Lea Geller
In The Truth and Other Hidden Things, Bells Walker learns she is pregnant on the same day her husband, Harry, … More
Fifteen great novels about mothers
Of course, mothers are everywhere, in life and in fiction. There aren’t many novels that don’t have a mother in … More