Sebastian Barry's superb new novel is a deep exploration of the 'sad stations of memory' set on Ireland's Dalkey coastline. Here's my piece in the Literary Review

Here's my review of Hotel Milano, the new novel from veteran novelist, essayist & translator Tim Parks in the Guardian

Toby Litt's A Writer's Diary is a remarkable daily record of life's minutiae, with much wisdom on the creative process and the how to keep going as a writer. Here's my review in the Spectator

I reviewed Aidan Cottrell-Boyce's ambitious and provocative novel of ideas, The End of Nightwork, in the Guardian

Here's my review of Guy Ware's funny, clever, politically engaged novel The Peckham Experiment in the Spectator

Barney Norris's novels have never been afraid of the Big Stuff. His fourth book, Undercurrent, focuses on chance, agency and grief. Here's my review in the Guardian

I wrote about Sonia Overall's terrific Hemingway/ campus novel, Eden, in the Literary Review