Catch this wave: ALICIA UPANO builds her debut novel around a tsunami
Alicia Upano has crafted a debut novel full of emotion, heartache and discovery, which follows the aftermath of a tsunami in Hawaii.
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Displacement, exile, grief, belonging and love: NAEEM MURR’s first novel in 20 years
It’s been 20 years since Naeem Murr was last published in the UK, and Every Exit Brings You Home is a reflective work of literary fiction.
Nixon, Hugh Hefner and Bobby Kennedy lurk in noir don JAMES ELLROY’s latest novel
James Ellroy, the boss of concisely-written fast-on-the-draw prose, returns with another slice of relentlessly gripping Los Angeles-based noir.
RHIANNON GRIST’s debut novel turns domestic mundanity into psych-horror
Home Sick is a psychological horror that will make you wonder whether something lurks behind even the most ordinary of encounters.
When birdmen flew: fantastic(al) tales of London’s sharp ends in ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE
Animal Nightlife is a head-spinning work that jumps back and forth between brash street-level realness and passages of fantastical zoomorphism.
ELGAN RHYS’ debut novel PLESERA is a profound, moving slice of Welsh-language fiction
Despite discussing difficult themes, these are conveyed in such a sensitive manner it only adds to the emotional aspect of Plesera's characters.
SHANNON SANDERS’ debut novel tells a tale of ancestral ghosts in Tennessee
Haunting prose, striking landscape and unforgettable characters combine to make Shannon Sanders' The Great Wherever a fascinating story.
REBEL GRRRLS interrogates punk culture through a feminist lens
Rebel Grrrls ends by striking the right note: celebrating punk’s current revival as a feminist force while warning against hypocrisy and complacency.
Going underground? Keep tube-disaster horror THE BURN LINE at home…
The Burn Line's various characters find themselves in the same rush-hour tube carriage and witness something unexpected and shocking.
ANTHONY JOSEPH’s latest poetry collection is fearless as the great Black music which inspired it
Haunting The Black Air has much to say about family distant and immediate, colonialism, religious ceremony and the visceral reality of death.
“A claustrophobic dive into a fractured self”: RHIANNON GRIST on her debut novel
Following a debut set in Wales, where she grew up, Rhiannon Grist's psych-horror novel Home Sick takes place in the wilds of her current home, Scotland.
FRANCIS GOODING views his beloved Gower through a 350 million-year-old lens
Part environmental elegy, part love letter to a patch of south-west Wales, The Script Of The Stones challenges us to rethink the spaces we inhabit.
Dog bites, rogue apps and an audience with the Pope: snapshots from the life of DAVID SEDARIS
Whether he’s lying about having cancer to avoid getting mugged or arguing with an AI assistant on Duolingo, David Sedaris is always entertaining.
American literary polymath DAVE EGGERS writes insightful artworld fiction in CONTRAPPOSTO
A shift from Dave Eggers’ previous forays into experimental fiction, Contrapposto is a beautiful and heartwarming story about love and art.
“To speak of dragons is to speak of ourselves”: JASMINE ELMER views mythology through a feminist lens
According to Jasmine Elmer’s Slay, the likes of St. George, Hercules and Beowulf have been eclipsing stories of female dragon slayers for centuries.
Food blogger MIKEY BELL on the stories behind his emotive memoir
Welsh food writer Mikey Bell has written a reflective memoir shaped by Valleys upbringing, sexuality, travel and family ties. And there are recipes, too!
Interview: new romantasy novel RED DRAGON SONG is “a love letter to the landscapes of Wales”
With Red Dragon Song, Rebecca F John adopts the pen name Catrin Cadogan and adapts the Mabinogion for her debut romantasy novel.
ANJU GASTON’S debut novella is an account of psychosis with exquisite sentences
The banality of madness is by no means uncharted fictional territory, but Pink Soap by Anju Gaston is a vital addition to the corpus.
Does gaming wield influence on the state of the world? A new book thinks so
Power Play suggests that one of the most-overlooked media industries, gaming, is in fact one of the most financially powerful and influential.
SON BO-MI builds interconnected stories into an unsettling whole
The short stories in Son Bo-mi's collection Swell begin in familiar, realistic settings before shifting and destabilising as they intertwine.
Football, cassettes and a family mystery in Burgundy: novelist VALÉRIE PERRIN’s latest
Inspired by the author’s links to French team FC Gueugnon, it’s fitting that Tata is being published amidst World Cup fever this summer.
Unexpected twists, thrills and a bloody getaway in V. A. VAZQUEZ’s debut novel
Full of hidden identities and plot twists, V. A. Vazquez makes an entrance onto the literary scene with The Death Row Club, her debut thriller.
Humans and AI in the 21st century: a curious and stimulating investigation from SARAH O’CONNOR
Sarah O’Connor’s investigation into the rise of AI and machinery in the workplace upholds standards of journalistic integrity, despite the dividing topic.
Can you quit capitalism when it’s your lifeblood? COURTNEY MAUM’s Alan is willing to try
Courtney Maum’s first novel of this decade is a modern take on an age-old problem: consumerism, and the resultant need for more of it.