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


Review of Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell
An immediately captivating feminist twist on a story of transformation, betrayal and identity.
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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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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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Review of Sanctuary by James Cleary
Greed and paranoia play out across the page, showing the worst of humanity.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Review of To The Moon And Back by Eliana Ramage
Nothing is overdone or overwritten and the emotions that steadily grow from page one fill each chapter with an undercurrent that makes you want to keep reading the prose forever.
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Review of Hell’s Heart by Alexis Hall
It is an exploration into the paradox that is the tragedy that you may never be more than you are, and yet you must always strive to become more than you ever will be.
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Review of 200 Monas by Jan Saenz
With 200 Monas I was promised an unhinged and outrageous (in the best way) and readers, Jan Saenz delivered on every single expectation!
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Review of Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie
I would definitely recommend this novel to anyone who likes complicated character studies and themes of performance, culture, motherhood and rage.
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Review of Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
Aftertaste is a beautifully written contemporary fiction novel which touches upon the themes of love, loss and the memories that food can bring to the forefront of our minds.
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Review of That time everything was on fire by Kerry Downes
A heart-warming and powerful novel on female friendship, fertility, dating and finding yourself in your thirties.
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Review of Gunk by Saba Sams
The debut novel from Saba Sams, the author of the short story collection Send Nudes...
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Review of I Make My Own Fun by Hannah Beer
Through multi-media clippings from forums and articles, it was a fully immersive experience.
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