For his debut collection, In the Flesh, Adam O’Riordan demonstrated a leaning towards the past and a fluidity […]
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The novella-in-flash is a difficult genre to master, with the double pressure of telling a convincing story whilst […]
In Germany 1934 the last place you’d look for a fifteen-year-old Jewish girl is in a Hitler worshipping […]
A fascinating novel with lots of pace and tension. Part murder mystery, part sci-fi, where you half expect […]
Melmoth by Sarah Perry is a beast of a novel – a great hulking monster lurking in a […]
A phenomenal work of speculative fiction, XX follows the story of Jules and Rosie, one of the first […]
The charm of Van Llewyn’s writing lies in the simplicity of the language. You’re not expecting anything bad […]
Illustration © Charles van Sandwyk 2018 from The Folio Society edition of Charles van Sandwyk’s How To See Fairies […]
The final volume from the critically acclaimed Cemetery of Forgotten Books cycle, in which the reader is transported […]
When I was first sent Manfried the Man, I didn’t know where to begin. One – I’d never really […]