Book Reviews
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Book Reviews
Foreign 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 -
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Great 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 -
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Happiness 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 -
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On 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 -
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Holy 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 -
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Dysphoria 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
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Universality 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 -
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Stag 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 -
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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates returns with a timely investigation into how stories – reporting, mythmaking and narrative – shape our understanding of the world Read more »| 03 Mar 2025 -
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Carrion Crow by Heather Parry
The new novel from acclaimed Glasgow-based author Heather Parry is a surreal Gothic exploration of marriage, class and sexuality Read more »| 21 Feb 2025 -
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Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva
In this surrealist fable, a half-human, half-mosquito boy encapsulates themes of climate catastrophe, hybridity and transformation Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
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The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy
An Argentinian satirical science fiction novel unlike anything you’ve ever read, newly translated into English by Frank Wynne Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
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Ask Me Again by Clare Sestanovich
In Clare Sestanovich's debut novel Ask Me Again, tautological questions and half-answers lend a frustrating air to proceedings Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
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The Lamb by Lucy Rose
In this mesmerising Gothic debut, a mother and daughter in the Cumbrian forest prey on strays that cross their path Read more »| 28 Jan 2025 -
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The Book of George by Kate Greathead
Kate Greathead’s millennial campus novel is a well-written portrait of a slacker that can't help but grate Read more »| 28 Jan 2025