I reviewed Yasunari Kawabata's sublime 'lost' novel The Rainbow (translated into English for the first time by Haydn Trowell) for Review 31's Books of the Year 2023. Read the round-up here

I wrote about Maror and Adama, Lavie Tidhar's first two novels in his epic trilogy of Israel's criminal underworld, in the TLS

Really excited about my event with James Cook at the Margate Literary Festival on Sat 21st Oct at 2pm. We'll be playing songs from James' memoir In Her Room as well as readings from the book. Expect music from the Beach Boys, Beatles, REM & Flamingoes. FREE tickets here

Twinkind by William Viney (himself an identical twin) is a refreshingly partisan, sumptuously illustrated book about the cultural and social significance of twins. Here's my review in the Spectator

DJ Taylor's entertaining if flawed music-biz saga Rock 'n' Roll is Life reaches its second instalment with Flame Music. Here's my piece in the Literary Review

I reviewed Jo Ann Beard's taut, poignant novella, Cheri, in the Literary Review

I reviewed The Black Eden, Richard T. Kelly's epic novel of North Sea oil exploitation, in the Guardian