February 2024

One of Alasdair Gray’s most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster […]

October 2023

Olive Kitteridge – Elizabeth Strout Olive Kitteridge: indomitable, compassionate and often unpredictable. A retired schoolteacher in a small coastal town […]

June 2023

Before the Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikau Kawaguchi In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which […]

May 2023

Joan is Okay – Weike Wang Joan is a thirtysomething ICU doctor at a busy New York City hospital. The […]

April 2023

The bookseller of Kabul – Asne Seierstad Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Åsne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to […]

March 2023

The Hand That First Held Mine – Maggie O’Farrell When the sophisticated Innes Kent turns up on her doorstep, Lexie […]

February 2023

The Gallows Pole – Benjamin Myers An England divided. From his remote moorland home, David Hartley assembles a gang of […]

January 2023

The Sealwoman’s Gift – Sally Magnusson In 1627 Barbary pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted some 400 of […]