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Reading charity pays tribute to ‘incredible words’ of Afro-Guyanese author, who came to Britain in 1977 where he has become a staple of English lessonsThe Afr […]

The author of Grass works another miracle with this semi-autobiographical tale of a family separated by conflictThanks to the pandemic, most of us now know what […]

 Monster Of The Week 97 is LaBelleFrance, likes a glass of wine, some cheese, arguing outside the cafe, maybe some boules later, chic, things aren’t hot now, but […]

Past and present are in a constant state of flux in the Bosnian-German writer’s third novel – part autofiction, part Choose Your Own AdventureThe German word Her […]

If you’re going to have a human being play God, you should get a good actor, and Frances McDormand is as good as they come. Do you mean, would Terry have thought t […]

No, Miranda did the acting first, and then Michael lipsynched his lines to her lips.

That has more to do with the scenes with the male angels with gold and silver on their faces being mostly (but not, I think actually, entirely) cut.

I don’t think there can be a story that doesn’t say more than just the story, because it’s in the world, and it’s written by someone, and the person brings themsel […]

I don’t have any qualifications as a writer whatsoever. Or at least, I’ve got a bunch of medals, honourary doctorates, awards and suchlike, but they all turned up […]

I’m now old enough that books that I was championing as good because I loved them 40 years ago, that were disliked, ignored, or dismissed, have now been r […]

That has more to do with the scenes with the male angels with gold and silver on their faces being mostly (but not, I think actually, entirely) cut.

Yes, that was me.

No, an omen, in any definitition going back to the first recorded use of omen as a word, in the 15th century, has meant “something that is believed to be a sign o […]

I am so glad I didn’t name you, and that they did. I think Penelope is a perfectly splendid name!

Dial A for Aunties takes prize for comic novels by women with story about woman who turns to her relatives after accidentally killing her blind dateJesse Sutanto […]

Regret over the passage of time is delivered with reticence but powerful emotional authenticityMusingsBefore the falling summer sunThe boughs are shining all as […]

The pandemic has driven a great leap forward in digital learning. Is there any point in looking back?My 21-year-old goddaughter, a second-year undergraduate, […]

Seven Kinds Of Baked Good by Maria Haskins in Luna Station Quarterly Disa is a dwarf, the descendant of ten generations of smiths, and she made one sword and one […]

The writer’s follow-up to The Circle is longer and baggier, but still fuelled by rage at the power of Silicon Valley and its numbing effect on the human r […]

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon General Custer and his men have been killed at Little Bighorn. The Native Americans have risen and the narrator tells us that ten […]

Mother Love by Deirdre Denklin in Cease Cows At the fertility clinic they get to build their baby, to give her what she needs to survive. But if you’re looking t […]

A cinematic account of toxic masculinity among 1950s DNA researchers – and a celebration of scientist Rosalind FranklinThe first page of Howard Markel’s com […]

Love and Lavender (Mayfield Family #4) Josi S. Kilpack. 2021. [November] 320 pages. [Source: Review copy]First sentence: Hazel had not slept well. Her crippled […]