Monday, 18 July 2016

Two cracking literary historical novels, both published on June 16th. Here's my review of Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent and Natasha Walter's A Quiet Life, for Litro



Sunday, 3 July 2016

I reviewed Lionel Shriver's searing dystopian satire, The Mandibles, back in May for the Literary Review

My thoughts on David Savill's hard-hitting Bosnian conflict novel, They Are Trying to Break Your Heart, are in the current issue of the TLS

Friday, 10 June 2016

Delighted that Storgy magazine have run a short story of mine. Read 'Marianne, you're Falling' here




Thursday, 2 June 2016

A mythical lost Surrealist, and nuanced prose. Both are to be found in Miles Allinson's debut novel Fever of Animals. Here's my piece for the Literary Review

Here's my take on two politically engaged new novels, Siren by Annemarie Neary, and Iron Towns, by Anthony Cartwright. I review both for Review 31

Sunday, 1 May 2016

Politically engaged new fiction? Here's my review of Guillermo Erades' playful, meditative debut novel, Back to Moscow, for Litro Magazine