PITY: a deep dive into generational trauma with Andrew McMillan
Andrew McMillan's Pity follows three male generations of a family whose lives have been shaped by the mining industry’s demise.
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Andrew McMillan's Pity follows three male generations of a family whose lives have been shaped by the mining industry’s demise.
The Past Master is a book that will do exactly that, its action fun, fast and – with the YA audience in mind – somewhat safer than adult-centred fiction.
Joanne Burn is on a mission to uncover what lies beneath in her new novel The Bone Hunters, which exposes the magnificent fossils locked under Lyme Regis’ Jurassic cliffs.
Nige Tassell talks about his book Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids?, which tracks down musicians who created a vital underground scene nearly 40 years ago.
Vauhini Vara dives deep into the vast strangeness of the human experience with This Is Salvaged: a collection of 10 short stories navigating the emotional landscapes of feeling lost.
When a book is tipped for the Booker Prize this early in the year, the anticipation of reading it increases – and in the case of My Friends by Hisham Matar I’m inclined to agree.
Sathnam Sanghera's Empireworld helps pave the way for some serious discussion or reasonable debate regarding legacy.
Maeve Brennan's The Long-Winded Lady, offers crisp and poignant observations of NYC's streets via historical moments and urban design evolution.
Explore the raw but funny narrative of Holly Pester's debut novel The Lodgers, full of complexities of politics, poverty, and female bodies.
From tarot cards to teengers to the process of writing poetry itself, Mab Jones presents the first of 2024's best new poetry.
Discover the transformative power of friendship on London's streets in Emma Tarlo's memoir, Under The Hornbeams.
Aniefiok Ekpoudom captures the essence of grime and hope in modern British rap, unveiling the stories of unsung heroes in Where We Come From.
Today, with women’s rights and bodies still battlegrounds, the stories in A Darker Shade rip apart gender conventions with a terrible but ingenious vigour.
A powerhouse of a novel from the brilliant Ali Millar, Ava Anna Ada tells a story of a week in a life on the precipice of natural disaster.
What does future archaeology look like? Well in Aliya Whiteley’s latest superb output, Three Eight One, it’s 2314 and archaeology involves digging into data.
In Breakdown, Irish novelist Cathy Sweeney opens the door to marriage and motherhood in the modern world and how it can affect a woman.
Within memoir The Ballad Of Speedball Baby’s pages, author Ali Smith navigates a dirty, drug-fuelled Lower East Side Manhattan.
A collection of city-based short stories in Welsh, Porth is the first fiction for adults from author Luned Aaron, and a variety of life experiences are portrayed within.
Discover the vibrant narrative of Ainslie Hogarth's Normal Women, a novel transcending motherhood to explore deeper societal questions.
If you’re looking for a rewarding read for the start of 2024, look no further than Confrontations by Simone Atangana Bekono.
Room/Ystafell/Phòng is a remarkable anthology that intertwines the diverse experiences of queer lives in Wales and Vietnam.
Step into Michele Mari's world as newly translated novel Verdigris takes you on a journey through 1969 Milan - a blend of spy-comic intrigue and psycho-gothic horror.
One more roundup of the poetry scene’s grassroots by the irrepressible Mab Jones before the year is out. Suitably, she’s recommending a brace of seasonally-slanted anthologies and a smaller festive volume among some other treats
Tom’s Version, Robert Irwin's 10th novel, talks of edgy things – from abusive relationships to narcotics and sexual power games – but with a jovial, almost cosy air.