Books

Winter’s Must-Reads: 8 Unmissable Novels and Memoirs

This season’s must-reads feature a diverse mix of novels and memoirs that delve into everything from complex human connections and societal shifts to behind-the-scenes glimpses from legendary figures in music ...

by Eric Akoto • September 22, 2024September 22, 2024

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday, Interviews

The Current State of Book Banning in America

As the 2024 U.S. elections approach, the issue of book banning has evolved from a cultural flashpoint into a battleground for democracy. With censorship at an all-time high, particularly targeting ...

by Eric Akoto • September 14, 2024September 14, 2024

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Writing Fuel

8 Horror Books to Read

As summer’s heat intensifies and the nights become warm and muggy, there’s no better time to immerse yourself in some chilling horror fiction. Here are eight highly anticipated titles set ...

by Eric Akoto • June 17, 2024September 14, 2024

Books, Editor's Pick

Book Review: White Nights by Urszula Honek

The debut short story from Polish writer Urszula Honek, White Nights, is akin to reading an account of a haunted place – one that is beautiful and devastating in equal ...

by Jennifer Brough • February 12, 2024February 12, 2024

Arts & Culture, Books, Essays, Literature

Re-Reading at Christmas

“What, upon re-reading, do we find we missed before?” Thomas Stewart delves into fantasy novels, Gerald Brom, and the festive practice of re-reading your favorite book.

by Thomas Stewart • December 14, 2023December 14, 2023

Books, Interviews

Exploring the Literary Debut of Bradley Tusk’s ‘Obvious in Hindsight’

In this interview, we delve deeper into Bradley Tusk’s motivations and insights into his debut novel. “Obvious in Hindsight,”

by bookreviewsusa • October 26, 2023August 21, 2024

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: ONCE UPON A PRIME: THE WONDROUS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MATHEMATICS AND LITERATURE

A book that translates maths into literary terms and literature into mathematical values.

by Barbara Wheatley • June 29, 2023June 29, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SON

This is a novel that on the surface feels quite innocent, but which has a deeply troubling core. In the current refugee crisis it is a novel of which we ...

by Elspeth Revira • June 22, 2023June 22, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: A GIFT OF GEOLOGY, ANCIENT LANDSCAPES AND MONUMENTS

A personal investigation into land, and its role in forging a civilisation.

by Tamsin Hopkins • May 25, 2023May 30, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: LAST HOUSE BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN

A haunting family saga about love, family, and the often unconsidered victims of war.

by Raphaela Behounek • May 18, 2023May 25, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST POMEGRANATE TREE

Twenty-one years of solitary imprisonment have made the Kurdish freedom-fighter Muzafar-i Subhdam a nomad, roaming inside his own thoughts…

by Goran Baba Ali • April 20, 2023April 22, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: SIBLINGS

As a relatively young author, Brigitte Reimann imbued the novel with her convictions and enthusiasm for the work that her generation was doing to rebuild a post-war Germany that was ...

by Francesca Ferrauto • March 2, 2023March 5, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: SALT CRYSTALS

An uncompromising new voice from San Andres that describes a magical, transcendent place.

by Jackie Morris • February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: THE COLOUR LINE

Scego blends Italy’s contentious past and present, unearthing the layers beneath Rome’s glittering surface.

by Noreen Kane • February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: IS THERE RUSH HOUR IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY?

How can we map new itineraries of empathy? Cartography is a way to organise knowledge, and a walk is what grounds those ideas in reality.

by Phương Anh • January 26, 2023January 27, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: BODY KINTSUGI

A novel which effortlessly transcends the banality of categorisation to tell the story of a body and its struggle to feel whole.

by Jennifer Brough • January 12, 2023January 11, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: WELL-KEPT RUINS

Cixous explores the liminal space between fiction and fact, memory and history, novel and memoir.

by Zadie Loft • December 29, 2022December 29, 2022

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: LIBERATION DAY

Saunders has made a name for himself as both a writers’ writer and a readers’ writer and this collection is full of everything you’d expect from his author.

by Katy Carr • December 22, 2022December 27, 2022