Employing Celine Dion as a cultural barometer, Carl Wilson asks why we love the music we love in this excellent collection on taste, snobbery and coolness. Continue Reading ...
Unthank Books’ latest collection of short stories addresses the prevailing mood of uncertainty, doubt and loss in today’s world with skill and aplomb. Continue Reading Book Review: Unthology ...
An entertaining commentary on where physical and virtual worlds collide, does Shukla’s second novel hit the bullseye of the great Here-and-Now dartboard? Continue Reading Book Review: Meatspace by ...
A new collection of short stories about Rio de Janeiro by Brazilian writers invites readers to discover the city behind the city – where anything goes. Continue Reading ...
Are our increasingly interconnected real and online lives a slow march towards totalitarianism or a renewal of democracy? David Eggers’ novel offers one such vision of the near future. ...
Murder and intrigue grip London’s Polish community in this taut page-turner. Continue Reading Book Review: Death Can’t Take a Joke by Anya Lipska
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Laura Macdougall rounds up the latest from this year’s Hay Festival. Continue Reading Diary: Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts
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A career’s-worth of Patrick Keiller’s essays have been gathered together in The View from the Train. It’s a mixed bag but vital, finds Bea Moyes. Continue Reading Book ...
The Folio Society has been quietly turning out beautifully crafted letterpress editions of the works of Shakespeare. Litro recently had the chance to consider the craftwork, and goats, that went ...
Thea Hawlin reviews The Goldfinch and finds it sprawling but rewarding, with a breadth of scope and eye for detail which is seldom matched. Continue Reading Book Review: ...
Maia Jenkins reviews Galveston by True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto, and finds that it treads familiar territory. Continue Reading Book Review: Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
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Berlin: Imagine a City explores the complex history and lasting attraction of one of Europe’s most troubled cities, through an innovative mixture of history, biography and imagination. Continue ...
Under Another Sky is an entertaining, but often meandering, inspection of Britan’s Roman past, which succeeds in its vivid prose and pleasurable obsession with minutiae but is occasionally let down ...
In the latest in an ongoing series on Young Adult fiction, Eleanor Pender discusses the public and critical perception of the popular genre. Continue Reading The Perception of ...
Though small in length, Red Room is a dense and complex collection of short stories inspired by the lives and works of the Brontë’s. Occasionally flippant, but often emotionally resonant, ...
The Lowland is uncompromising in every sense, with a clear, cold, voice and an exceptional cast of characters. Continue Reading Book Review: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Lochlan Bloom finds that whilst S truly is a landmark in publishing, it sadly does not live up to its presentation with a worthwhile story. A stunning artefact, a so-so ...
Paul Blezard on his memory of Nobel Prize-winning author, Doris Lessing, who died on 17th November 2013. Continue Reading Doris Lessing: A Reflection
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Despite the occasional disappointing female character and a slight lack of focus at its conclusion, Elijah’s Mermaid is a haunting and often vibrant revival of the Victorian gothic. ...
Comprised of elegant stories about unsuccessful love, Unthology 4 is an enjoyable and often memorable collection from one of Britain’s most exciting independent publishers. Continue Reading Book Review: ...
