Dan Rhodes might not feel gifted, but now that his new novel is here, it's his readers who'll be the judge...
Books | Review
Daniel Gray: Contrary to popular perception, Adolf Hitler did frequently cherish books rather than char them. That revelation is not the only original element of ...
Isha Gupta: The optimistic title of this book is not only deceptive as a title, but also masks the true depth of Smith’s literary genius. The title is symbo...
Caroline Bottger: It must be annoying for Scottish crime writers to be constantly compared to Ian Rankin. Similarly, Ian Rankin must find it quite annoying to be compar...
Daniel Gray: Taking the Medicine sets out to demonstrate how ‘doctors, for most of human history, have killed their patients far more often than they have sa...
Renée Rowland: Contemporary ‘wilderness literature’ lacks writers who have the ability to stand outside the shadows of the seminal heavy weights, Emerson...
Kayleigh Bohan: Never mind that Maile Meloy's last novel was on the Orange shortlist, or that Richard and Judy liked it, whichever way that nugget of informat...
Paul F. Cockburn: Since his first appearance back in 1902, many people (including Steven Spielberg) have attempted to produce a follow-up to J. M. Barrie’...
Richard Strachan: Katya Spivak is a young nanny working for the summer amongst the privileged splendour of Bay Harbor. Approached by the elderly Marcus Kidder, she allo...
Gareth K Vile: It seems a a cruel sport to subject England's celebrated lady of letters to such bawdy parody. The fashion of modern times for speaking of matters bet...
Books | Feature
Keir Hind: Glasgow’s annual Aye Write! Book festival will take place this year from Friday the 5th to Saturday the 13th of March, and as always it will be ...
John Shale: If you’ve been enjoying February’s Carry a Poem events so far, you’ll be glad to know that there’s plenty more to come for kid...
Keir Hind: Dan Rhodes’ new book, Little Hands Clapping is a fantastic tale involving extremely beautiful people, euphonium music, a suicide museum, a man w...
Kayleigh Bohan: James Scudamore is no stranger to critical acclaim– his debut, The Amnesia Clinic, won him the Somerset Maugham Award in 2007. It won't ...
Paul F Cockburn: Many successful thrillers rely on placing an ordinary man way out of his depth in some globe-spanning conspiracy, and seeing if he sinks or swims. Mat...
Mathelinda Nabugodi: Anthony Quinn’s The Rescue Man is above all a tribute to Liverpool – the city’s history, architecture and people. The story ...
