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Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Review by Karen Stevens of "The Collected Stories" by Katherine Mansfield
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I’ve been unable to read fiction for a few months now due to burnout. When that happens, I eventually re-energise by returning to The Collec...
Sunday, 11 January 2026
Review by Paul Taylor-McCartney of "The Subtle Art of Short Fiction" ed. Isabelle Kenyon
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This is a concise, well-focused companion for creative writers who already understand the fundamentals of crafting short fiction and now w...
Saturday, 10 January 2026
Review by Sarah Gresham of "The Final Women" by Pardeep Aujla
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This is a great read. It’s compelling, thrilling and unpredictable. I love the way that the main characters are a group of women survivors...
Friday, 9 January 2026
Review by Tracey Foster of "Muse" by Ruth Millington
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What came first, the artist or the muse? Exploring this question is the very heart of this book, looking at artists who had complex relation...
Thursday, 8 January 2026
Review by Karen Powell-Curtis of "Have they marked you with arrows?" by Jayne Stanton
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Jayne Stanton’s beautifully crafted poems chart the stages in her journey beginning with her cancer diagnosis, through treatment, and beyond...
Tuesday, 6 January 2026
Favourite Reads of 2025
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At the end of every year, we ask readers to submit a micro-review of a favourite book they've read in the last twelve months. The book c...
Monday, 15 December 2025
Review by Debasish Lahiri of "Walking Away" by Martyn Crucefix
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Only participles here: their ghosts fill the passing of present and present pasts in Martyn Crucefix’s latest pamphlet Walking Away . One do...
Saturday, 13 December 2025
Review by Lee Wright of "Common" by Nikolai Duffy
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With Common , his first novel, Nikolai Duffy explores transcendentalism in a search for the sacred within the everyday. The narrator, Robert...
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Review by Rhiannon Buckley of "Angel Reach" by Gus Gresham
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Characters feel unflinchingly imperfect and real in this collection of short stories by Gus Gresham. For me, the author writes in a way whic...
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