Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsThe Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent
A hint of dark academia by way of Edinburgh, Heather Darwent's debut The Things We Do To Our Friends is a thrilling read Read more »| 19 Dec 2022 -
Book ReviewsFather May Be an Elephant, and Mother Only a Small Basket But... by Gogu Shyamala
A team of translators take on seminal Dalit writer Gogu Shyamala's collection of lively and unflinching short stories Read more »| 15 Dec 2022 -
Book ReviewsRaising Raffi by Keith Gessen
Novelist and translator Keith Gessen ditches the idea of universal experience for something much more personal in this memoir on fatherhood Read more »| 29 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsYou Must Believe in Spring by Mohamed Tonsy
Mohamed Tonsy's debut novel is a remarkable piece of political fiction that examines the thorny legacies of the Arab Spring Read more »| 25 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsBabel by R.F. Kuang
R.F. Kuang returns with a triumphant, harrowing fantasy examining the entanglement between academia, language and colonialism Read more »| 24 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsBlood Salt Spring by Hannah Lavery
Edinburgh Makar Hannah Lavery's debut collection shows her deft ability to marry the personal with the political Read more »| 24 Nov 2022
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Book ReviewsCarrie Kills a Man by Carrie Marshall
Carrie Marshall's collection of essays explores ideas of transition, community and self-acceptance Read more »| 09 Nov 2022 -
Book Reviews1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel
Olivia Wenzel's debut explores the intersection between oppression and privilege Read more »| 09 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsLosing the Plot by Derek Owusu
Derek Owusu's latest is a tender, lyrical exploration of migration and parenthood Read more »| 03 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsIdol, Burning by Rin Usami
Rin Usami's latest novel explores the tangled, murky world of stan culture Read more »| 03 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsDislocations by Sylvia Molloy
Charco Press' latest translated piece, Dislocations by the late Argentinian novelist Sylvia Molloy examines the power of memory when it is being lost Read more »| 27 Oct 2022 -
Book ReviewsX by Davey Davis
Following a sadist on the hunt for a beautiful dominatrix, X is a dark, sensuous page-turner mirroring our current geopolitical climate Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
Book ReviewsThe Consequences by Manuel Muñoz
Manuel Muñoz's short stories of migrant farmers in 1980s California paint the American Dream as bleak, cruel and crushing Read more »| 18 Oct 2022 -
Book ReviewsMotherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
Domestic horror Motherthing is bleak, darkly funny, gag-worthy at times, and outright gross at others Read more »| 06 Oct 2022 -
Book ReviewsHellSans by Ever Dundas
The dark dystopian science fiction makes a fully immersive world, and confirms Ever Dundas as a writer to treasure Read more »| 03 Oct 2022