Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsI Gave You Eyes and You Looked Towards Darkness by Irene Solà
Catalan writer Irene Solà's masterful new novel is an incendiary exploration of bodies and memory Read more »| 03 Jun 2025 -
Book ReviewsIt Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey
In this wide-ranging story of queer cinema, queer critic Ryan Gilbey marries the personal and the political Read more »| 03 Jun 2025 -
Book ReviewsThe Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey
Two halves – fiction and nonfiction – make up Catherine Lacey's experimental and groundbreaking memoir without beginning or end Read more »| 23 May 2025 -
Book ReviewsThe Possession by Annie Ernaux
In her latest translated novella, Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux examines the fixations and addictions of jealousy Read more »| 23 May 2025 -
Book ReviewsMuckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen
Muckle Flugga, the debut novel from Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen, is a work of simultaneous joy and grief Read more »| 19 May 2025 -
Book ReviewsBabylon, Albion by Dalia Al-Dujaili
In her memoir Babylon, Albion, Dalia Al-Dujaili examines her personal and political relationship to the landscapes of her home and adopted countries Read more »| 05 May 2025
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Book ReviewsLove Languages by James Albon
Two women fall in love across boundaries of language in James Albon's beautiful latest graphic novel Read more »| 01 May 2025 -
Book ReviewsForeign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh
In their debut memoir, Edinburgh-based writer Katie Goh traces the history of the orange alongside their own story of migration and identity Read more »| 28 Apr 2025 -
Book ReviewsGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Emily Henry's latest romance novel is her most ambitious yet, featuring interwoven timelines and narratives alongside the usual sizzling chemistry Read more »| 22 Apr 2025 -
Book ReviewsHappiness and Love by Zoe Dubno
The contemporary art scene of New York is skewered in this witty if somewhat surface level novel Read more »| 21 Apr 2025 -
Book ReviewsOn the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle
In Solvej Balle's beautiful mediation on love and loneliness, a woman comes unstuck in time and repeats the same day on loop Read more »| 09 Apr 2025 -
Book ReviewsHoly Boys by Andrés N. Ordorica
Edinburgh-based poet Andrés N. Ordorica returns with his second poetry collection, an exploration of heritage told through lenses of queerness, liminality and desire Read more »| 31 Mar 2025 -
Book ReviewsDysphoria Mundi by Paul B. Preciado
Acclaimed queer theorist Paul B. Preciado draws on the pandemic in his new book to explore intersecting forms of crisis Read more »| 18 Mar 2025 -
Book ReviewsUniversality by Natasha Brown
In her follow-up to the acclaimed Assembly, Natasha Brown investigates the banal evil of modern British politics and the shaping of national discourse Read more »| 10 Mar 2025 -
Book ReviewsStag Dance by Torrey Peters
Torrey Peters returns with Stag Dance, another stunning, genre-defying exploration of the nuances and intimacies of trans identity Read more »| 10 Mar 2025