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Friday, 29 August 2025
Review by Kevan Manwaring of "The University of Bliss" by Julian Stannard
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Julian Stannard’s slim novel (novella, really) is an excoriating satire of Higher Education. It is also a near-future dystopia, but one told...
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Review by Paul Taylor-McCartney of "White Road" by Harry Whitehead
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Harry Whitehead’s White Road i s an arresting work of eco-fiction that combines the taut urgency of a thriller with the moral weight of a ...
Saturday, 23 August 2025
Review by Nicole Yurcaba of "Wolf Bells" by Leni Zumas
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Leni Zumas’s novel Wolf Bells publishes in September 2025 in the United States, and, honestly, with the current socio-political dysfunction...
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Review by Lisa Williams of "The Names" by Florence Knapp
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"Cora never liked the name Gordon. The way it starts with a splintering sound that makes her think of cracked boiled sweets, and then e...
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Review by Pam Thompson of "Passion" by David Morley
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This dazzling collection begins with an epigraph from Rainer Maria Rilke: "The work of the eyes is done. / Go now and do the heart-wo...
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Review by Christine Hammond of "A Dress with Deep Pockets" by Jen Feroze
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Winner of the 2024 International Book and Pamphlet competition, this beautifully crafted collection is an homage to love, shared experiences...
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Review by Tracey Foster of "Spring Cannot Be Cancelled: David Hockney in Normandy" by Martin Gayford
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At least they can't cancel Spring was a refrain coined by David Hockney in 2020 when he found himself locked down in Normandy, surround...
Sunday, 20 July 2025
Review by Julie Gardner of "Skail" by Richie McCaffery
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"Skail" is an old Scots word meaning a scattering or dispersal. This information is provided in the back-cover blurb, where we als...
Saturday, 19 July 2025
Review by Paul Taylor-McCartney of "Brilliant Blue" by Karen Stevens
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Karen Stevens’s debut collection transports the reader straight into her fictional world with a tag line that sounds both like a warning a...
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