A new short story in the venerable Honest Ulsterman. Read 'Blood Blister' here

I reviewed Rachel Kushner's blistering new novel, The Mars Room, set in a Californian women's prison, for the i-Paper

Benjamin Markovits's new novel, A Weekend in New York, is a quiet wonder. Here's my piece for the Literary Review

Lionel Shriver's acerbic, provocative stories are brought together for the first time in her debut collection, Property. Here's my review for the i-paper

Here's my review of Chris Power's compelling and memorable debut collection of short stories, Mothers, in the TLS

Diana Evans' new novel Ordinary People is a forensic study of relationships, focussing on two couples in late noughties' London, with echoes of Zadie Smith, Richard Yates and John Updike. Here's my piece for the Literary Review

The essential and timely anthology Protest from Comma Press is published in paperback in April. Here's my review for Structo