Communion by Jon Doyle review – a charged debut about sin and solace | Fiction

Communion by Jon Doyle review – a charged debut about sin and solace | Fiction

Jon Doyle’s debut novel tells the story of Mack O’Brien, a young man who went to a seminary to study for the priesthood but was asked to leave because he had no... Read more »
My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy review – wonderfully entertaining | Deborah Levy

My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy review – wonderfully entertaining | Deborah Levy

The narrator of Deborah Levy’s witty scherzo of a “fiction” – “novel” isn’t the word for this uncategorisable book – thinks that Gertrude Stein would have liked Sigmund Freud. She imagines them... Read more »
Michael Rosen wins Hans Christian Andersen award | Books

Michael Rosen wins Hans Christian Andersen award | Books

Michael Rosen, the poet and author known for books such as We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and Chocolate Cake, has won the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen award for writing in recognition... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 14th

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 14th

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On Memoir by Blake Morrison review – lessons in life writing from a master | Literary criticism

On Memoir by Blake Morrison review – lessons in life writing from a master | Literary criticism

“I’ve had a life and I’ve also had a life as a life writer”: Blake Morrison opens his tour d’horizon of arguably literature’s most expanding and expansive genre with a flash of... Read more »
On Memoir by Blake Morrison review – lessons in life writing from a master | Literary criticism

Walking Shadow by Greg Doran review – Shakespeare’s healing power | Stage books

This is really two books in one. The first part consists of the diaries written by Antony Sher in the six months before his death from liver cancer in December 2021. The... Read more »
Communion by Jon Doyle review – a charged debut about sin and solace | Fiction

Tucker Carlson to launch publishing imprint with books by Russell Brand and Milo Yiannopoulos | Books

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is set to launch his own imprint and publish books by the likes of Russell Brand and “alt-right” commentator Milo Yiannopoulos. The imprint, Tucker Carlson Books,... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 13th

Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 13th

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Ghost-Eye by Amitav Ghosh review – a climate-crisis novel let down by its prose | Fiction

Ghost-Eye by Amitav Ghosh review – a climate-crisis novel let down by its prose | Fiction

What happens when a novelist cares more about their plot, or their message, than their prose? Plot and message have this much in common: they travel smoothest on the lubricating oil of... Read more »
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