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Here you can find all of our past book reviews plus articles, Q&As and author inspiration pieces.


There is No Shame in Writing What You Know by Leigh Radford
The tip of writing what you know can be empowering, primarily because it allows an insecure author to root their story in something honest.
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2 min read


Dandelion is Dead: About the Novel by Rosie Storey
Grief flows. It changes shape. I don’t believe it ever leaves us, nor should we want it to.
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3 min read


Q&A with Rachel Wood: Author of Annie Knows Everything
If you can imagine Jane Austen’s Emma but set in a tech company in New York City, you’ve got a good idea of the vibe of the book.
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4 min read


Review of Malc's Boy by Shaun Wilson
Written with refreshingly frank, darkly comic dialogue and Cumbrian dialect, I grew really attached to this story and would love to read more by this author, an impressive new voice in literature.
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1 min read


Review of The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
Are YOU an Agatha Christie fan? Are you getting The Traitors withdrawal symptoms?
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1 min read


Review of Princeweaver by Elian J Morgan
Welsh folklore and a slow-burn queer fantasy romance—need we say more?
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1 min read


Review of Unapologetic Love Story by Elle McNicoll
From the very first page, in the author’s note, Elle sets the tone with a bold, unapologetic response to stereotypes about autistic people
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1 min read


Review of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
I do love when the rose-tined glasses slip from the world of perfect traditional life social media... Do you?
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1 min read


Review of Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell
An immediately captivating feminist twist on a story of transformation, betrayal and identity.
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1 min read


Review of Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han
2026 seems to be the year of sweeping epic novels about life under Japanese imperialism and this one is not to be missed.
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2 min read


Review of Fruit Fly by Josh Silver
Josh Silver is an expert in complex and layered characters as you’re never quite sure who’s side you’re on and you can never predict what’s going to happen next.
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2 min read


Review of Sanctuary by James Cleary
Greed and paranoia play out across the page, showing the worst of humanity.
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1 min read


Review of Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu
A deeply moving and evocative debut of young Black women navigating their education and freedom. A coming of age story for the ages! A triumph of a novel.
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1 min read


Review of Femme Feral by Sam Beckbessinger
Ellie’s gone feral: she’s growing fur and going on late night rampages ending up on the other side of London without any recollection of what happened.
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1 min read


Honey in the Wound: The Inspiration - by Jiyoung Han
How would you go on if your home was taken from you? Your family? Your language?
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3 min read


Q&A with Sam Beckbessinger - author of Femme Feral
It’s only after she falls apart and truly faces her own powerlessness that she finally meets herself, and finds a pack.
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8 min read


Q&A with Rachel Hochhauser Author of Lady Tremaine
The story was never meant to be gentle or sentimental—I felt there was room to interrogate its moral logic rather than simply reproduce it.
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3 min read


Reflections on a Debut Year From Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin, Author of Ordinary Saints
Still, a few weeks ago someone asked me what advice I would give my pre- publication self and I realised that I wouldn’t do very much differently.
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3 min read


Review of All Them Dogs by Djamel White
He was forced to flee to England for five years but now, Tony is back in town.
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2 min read


Review of In Bloom by Liz Allen
An electric look into the lengths adolesent girls will go to for the promise of a bright future despite the dangers of a world which is out to get them.
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1 min read
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