IN THE SEEING HANDS OF OTHERS: tough subject matter is given inventive – and hopeful – spin
At times an uncomfortable read, the unique format of In The Seeing Hands of Others - Nat Ogle's debut novel - provides a fresh and hopeful outlook on life.
At times an uncomfortable read, the unique format of In The Seeing Hands of Others - Nat Ogle's debut novel - provides a fresh and hopeful outlook on life.
The laid-back revolution in London during the late 1960s is vividly portrayed in Tessa Hadley's Free Love: it feels almost like an education in the era.
An immersive and dazzling adaptation that brings the popular book to life, the stage version of Oi Frog and Friends! certainly leaves an impression.
Postpunk Dublin five-piece Fontaines D.C. arrived promoting second album A Hero’s Death, having had to reschedule, and both crowd and band seemed to revel in each other’s company during this sold-out gig.
A grand total of FOUR debut novels this week, by Violet Kupersmith, Amanda Block, Daniel O'Connor and A.E. Warren! Plus, an anthology of contemporary Welsh poetry.
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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE THE KINGDOMS Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury) The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street and Bedlam Stacks author Natasha Pulley is back with another magical story …
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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE CHARITY Madeline Dewhurst (Lightning) The past and the present are weaved delicately together in this exceptionally accomplished debut novel. Lauren has agreed …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE BROTHERHOOD Mohamed Mbougar Sarr [trans. Alexia Trigo] (Europa Editions) Brotherhood is an award-winning blurring of the lines between fact and fiction, written …
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