Book review: My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor

My Father’s House is a novel based on a true story (very loosely based, O’Connor emphasises in an author’s note). … More

Guest post: Richard Zahra, author of By Way of the Valley

At a time when we’re unable to go very far, I’ve been enjoying travelling through fiction. So I was interested … More

World War II is a popular theme in fiction at the moment but I haven’t seen many books about Italy … More

Usually when I read fiction in translation it’s a slim literary volume put out by an independent press, so it’s … More

Last year I went to Rome for the first time. It’s hard to write about the experience – the art, … More

I sometimes feel I am missing something. Other people love a book, people whose opinions I respect and often share, … More