Books
Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
Washington’s typically understated prose style works like a magic trick – much of what matters most in Palaver happens between the lines
The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango
Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango
Top Stories
Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward
Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward
Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
Reviews
Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
Top 5 books
Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward
Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward
Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell
Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell
Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Author essays
Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango
Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango
Who’d have thought that the old anti-capitalist revolutionary Chairman Mao and the ultra-capitalist grifter President Trump would turn out to have so much in common?
Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
