Book review: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

Ask Again, Yes alights on different characters in the Gleeson and Stanhope families at various points through several decades. This … More

Guest post: author Q&A with Lipika Pelham

Much of what I know about the Dutch Golden Age comes from fiction (The Coffee Trader by David Liss is … More

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

Shaheed! is a fresh and original story set around a South London estate and the young people who live there. It begins … More

Exit West is one of those novels that I’m still puzzling over, some time after finishing it. The author makes … More

Jende brings his wife Neni and their son to the US from Cameroon. They have high hopes for a better … More

Pachinko is a family saga and a novel about the experience of the outsider. Sunja is the daughter of Hoonie, … More