The new wave of female-fronted apocalypse novels Recently, I’ve enjoyed seeking out new writing by women, often written pre-pandemic,...

Fifty-six and a half hours of radio recorded and edited in my kitchen over the course of a year. Over a hundred interviewees, a hundred...

Every novel listed here has something interesting, quirky or different about it, something that sets it apart from the other new releases...

Whether you’re packing a bag or just escaping to a park bench, getting away has never been so important – but it’s good to have a bit of...

In the End, it was All About Love by Musa Okwonga, Rough Trade Books, January 2021 In this rich, moving and thought-provoking piece of...

On the eve of the publication of her memoir of AIDS, love, and chosen family in the American South, I spoke to Ruth Coker Burks about the...

The Girls Are All So Nice Here Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, 1 April 2021 Ambrosia ‘Amb’ Wellington attends her college reunion despite being...

Novels can take us to different worlds, even when we’re at home. In these two blogs, I look at my favourites from the first six months of...

I’ve read some amazing books this year. I’m so impressed with the authors who’ve had a book out in 2020 – they’ve been so stoical and...

Online: Soho Theatre on Demand In a year without many new holiday specials, it’s a real treat to see a brand-new original show from two...

This year has, in many ways, been a fire in a garbage factory. However, it’s been a vintage one for books. To celebrate the book world’s...

I remember the feeling of finishing James Baldwin’s Another Country – lying, mid-twenties, on a rented bed, praying – please, one day,...

Here’s the list of all the books I read in 2018. Not all of these books were published in 2018, though many of them are from the last few...

It started this time last year, in the grey in-between time between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Just like this year, my wife and I had...