BINDLESTIFF | BOOK REVIEW
BINDLESTIFF Wayne Holloway (Influx Press) Film director Wayne Holloway takes a cinematic approach to novel writing. His debut, Bindlestiff, blends prose with screenplay in a tale set in both present-day …
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BINDLESTIFF Wayne Holloway (Influx Press) Film director Wayne Holloway takes a cinematic approach to novel writing. His debut, Bindlestiff, blends prose with screenplay in a tale set in both present-day …
WOLF COUNTRY Tunde Farrand (Lightning-Eye) Imagine a world where your existence and its ‘right to reside’ is dictated by how much money you spend. Working all day to indulge, pamper …
Known more for her work in media and T.V, Cardiff born Gaby Koppel has turned her talents to fiction, with her debut novel Reparation on the shelves now. Chris Andrews …
THE BEAT OF THE PENDULUM Catherine Chidgey (Lightning) A book, New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey’s fifth, in an apparent genre of one. The Beat Of The Pendulum is dubbed a “found …
DEAR MONA: LETTERS FROM A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR Jonah Jones, ed. Peter Jones (Seren) Dear Mona is a collection of letters sent, circa World War II, to Jonah Jones’ boss and on-mostly-off …
MOTHLIGHT Adam Scovell (Influx Press) Thomas is a young boy when he first encounters Phyllis Ewans, a prominent lepidopterist, or person who studies moths. After the death of Phyllis’ sister, …
ALPINE BALLAD Vasil Bykau, trans. Mikalai Khilo (Glagoslav) What a pure introduction to Belarusian author Vasil Bykau. The lyrically evocative, soul-searing Alpine Ballad is much more intimate than his other works …
FADE TO GREY John Lincoln (No Exit) Been stitched up by the law in south Wales? Who ya gonna call? The Last Resort legal team, that’s who. Led by …
The music industry has never been the easiest of places to make a living, as Vernon Hopkins tells Szofi Zekov ahead of the publication of Just Help Yourself, detailing his time in …
BLOOD Maggie Gee (Fentum Press) A deeply affecting tale of family and consequences provide the basis for this black comedy. The premise of the book appears to be a straightforward …
THE DESERT AND THE DRUM Mbarek Ould Beyrouk, trans. Rachael McGill (Dedalus) This here is apparently the first novel from a Mauritanian author to be translated into English. Mbarek Ould …
TELL THEM OF BATTLES, KINGS AND ELEPHANTS Mathias Énard (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Thoughtful and melancholy, this slim work from French novelist Mathias Énard may appear as a departure from the complexity …
DARK SACRED NIGHT Michael Connelly (Orion) There are only two problems with reading a new Michael Connelly novel. One: you don’t want it to end, and two: once it is …
AC/DC: FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK Paul Elliott (Palazzo) Tracing the trajectory of hard-rocking, hard-living Aussie legends AC/DC, this is a wonderfully crafted coffee table book. An institution in rock‘n’roll, …
MOSTYN THOMAS AND THE BIG RAVE Richard Williams (Graffeg) It’s easy reading Richard Williams’ Mostyn Thomas And The Big Rave. It’s staggeringly Welsh, showing the inner rumblings of life in …
THE KINGS OF ENGLAND | BOOK REVIEW Graeme Oxby (Bluecoat) Fandom can take many forms, but the ardour of Elvis aficionados is extreme. What is it about the King …
THE CURE: A PERFECT DREAM Ian Gittins (Palazzo Editions) This very substantial coffee table book traces the trajectory of The Cure, one of the UK’s most influential bands. The book …
THINGS THAT MAKE THE HEART BEAT FASTER João Morais (Parthian) The best stories often come from encounters with strangers, usually when drunk in a pub, overhearing conversations you probably shouldn’t …
LIMBO Dan Fox (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Dan Fox returns with another penetrating and subversive study into contemporary culture and its rabbit holes. His previous book, Pretentiousness: Why It Matters, argued the …
HARD TIMES Ostap Vyshnya, trans. Yuri Tkach (Glagoslav) Ostap Vyshnia’s Hard Times, a collection of short stories and satire from 1920s Ukraine, took me by surprise upon reading. Hugely popular …
HALFWAY B.E. Jones (Constable) On a dark winter’s day in wild and woolly west Wales, six desperate characters head for a closed-down deserted pub called Y Seren, The Star, or …
Girls Be Good Bojan Babić, trans. Nataša Miljković (Glagoslav) Grim reading ahead. These 20 connected stories all detail the journey of 20 toy lemurs, built in a factory in Yugoslavia …
Slip of a Fish Amy Arnold (And Other Stories) This year’s Northern Book Prize Winner, Amy Arnold’s Slip Of A Fish, is mesmerising. It’s published by And Other Stories, who …
Invisible Britain Austerity is over, Theresa May declared confidently at October’s Tory Party conference. Tell that to those featured in a new book edited by Paul Sng and published by …
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