I very much admired Anthony Shapland's taut, lyrical & political debut novel, A Room Above A Shop. Here's my review in the Guardian

In a Deep Blue Hour by Peter Stamm (translated by Michael Hofmann) is a very good novel about a novelist. Read my review in the TLS here

Last call for this: The Republic of Consciousness 2025 shortlist readings at the Deptford Lounge 6.45-8.30pm tonight, 13th March. I'll be there with fellow judges Alice Jolly & Houman Barekat & writers, translators & publishers inc Les Fugitives, Peninsula, CB Editions, Divided & Bullaun Press. Tickets here

I reviewed Hugh Thomson's wonderful counterfactual Byron novel, Viva Byron!, which imagines what would have happened if Lord Byron had gone to fight for Simon Bolivar and not for the Greek War of Independence. It you know your Romantics, this one's for you. Read my Spectator piece here