Rachel Rees

HOW TO BE A WOMAN ONLINE: Nina Jankowicz takes the fight to the trolls

May 11, 2022

Furious at the constant trolling she and her female peers have been subjected to, internationally-renown journalist Nina Jankowicz has decided to fight back.

CAST A LONG SHADOW: Welsh women’s crime anthology mixes melodrama & myth

May 4, 2022

With 20 short stories featuring everything from an avenging gorgon to a little girl impaling the schoolyard bully on a spike, there is enough crime on display in Cast A Long Shadow to make even Wind Street at closing time look quiet.

Region: Wales-Wide

Real-life tragedy in THE MISSING WORD becomes comforting fiction

April 27, 2022

Words have long been used to help explain our place in the world, but as Concita De Gregorio’s novel The Missing Word makes clear, for parents who have lost a child there is no name.

YINKA, WHERE IS YOUR HUZBAND? is a bold journey from loneliness to self-love

April 20, 2022

For those of us still singing along enthusiastically to Beyonce’s Single Ladies, this wonderfully titled novel - Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? - will resonate from the first page to last.

WOMAN, EATING turns vampirism into biting millennial metaphor

March 30, 2022

An authentic, intelligent reinvention of a familiar story, Woman, Eating is one vampire tale you won’t regret inviting inside your home.

THE INSTANT: a beautiful, searching account of a woman’s quest for fulfilment

March 23, 2022

In a world where most of us spend half our lives staring at a screen – if you want a real fright forget rollercoasters and horror movies and look up how many hours you’ve spent on your phone this week

JACKPOT: a witty, gritty dive into Britain’s gambling addiction

February 23, 2022

Despite the gravity of its subject, Guardian journalist Rob Davies steers away from delivering a sermon by making Jackpot a surprisingly funny and fascinating read.

TAKE SIX introduces key Spanish women writers to your reading list

February 9, 2022

Those looking to expand their literary journey around the world shouldn't disregard lesser-known female voices, as Take Six: Six Spanish Women Writers makes clear.

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

August 4, 2021

Including reviews of the debut novel by TV's Isy Suttie, a 1971 novel set in Franco-era Catalonia and a visual history of the Garw Valley.

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

April 14, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE ANDREA VICTRIX Llorenç Villalonga (Fum d’Estampa) Described as the “best dystopian literature ever written in Catalan,” Andrea Victrix is a gripping novel …

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

March 3, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE MONOLITHIC UNDERTOW Harry Sword (White Rabbit) The essential theme of Monolithic Undertow seems obvious, once you’ve been introduced to it, but in …

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

January 27, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE THE AMAZINGLY ASTONISHING STORY Lucy Gannon (Seren) There can’t be many people brave enough to call their memoir The Amazingly Astonishing Story, …

Region: South Wales

HOW TO BE A WOMAN ONLINE: Nina Jankowicz takes the fight to the trolls

CAST A LONG SHADOW: Welsh women’s crime anthology mixes melodrama & myth

Real-life tragedy in THE MISSING WORD becomes comforting fiction

YINKA, WHERE IS YOUR HUZBAND? is a bold journey from loneliness to self-love

WOMAN, EATING turns vampirism into biting millennial metaphor

THE INSTANT: a beautiful, searching account of a woman’s quest for fulfilment

JACKPOT: a witty, gritty dive into Britain’s gambling addiction

TAKE SIX introduces key Spanish women writers to your reading list

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

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