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Colin Burnett – Who’s Aldo (book review)

Colin Burnett’s previous book, the 2021 short story collection A Working Class State of ...

Ali Millar – Ava Anna Ada (book review)

The latest work from Ali Millar, author of memoir The Last Days, Ava Anna ...

Ajay Close – What Doesn’t Kill Us (book review)

It’s always a pleasure to be able to recommend the books of Ajay Close. ...

Emmeline Clein – Dead Weight (book review)

Content note: discussion of disordered eating Emmeline Clein’s upcoming non-fiction work, Dead Weight, confronts ...

Ali Millar chats about debut novel Ava Anna Ada

Ali Millar is a new literary voice with a hot debut novel out later ...

Anthology: The Golden Hours [Edinburgh Literary Salon] (review)

The Golden Hours, a collaborative project between the Edinburgh Literary Salon and Edinburgh Napier ...

Book Review – The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova

Camilla Grudova is not a writer for the classic ‘nice story,’ though her stylised ...

Book Review – Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, by Hwang Bo-reum, Translated by Shanna Tan

For a book to simply sink right into during the darker months, you’ll struggle ...

Book Review – Maud Woolf’s Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock

The best science fiction works on a number of levels, with readers getting as ...

Book Review – The Old Haunts Book by Allan Radcliffe

The best writing holds a mirror to the reader, and Allan Radcliffe’s debut novel ...

Ten of the Best Scottish Books of 2023

Every year tells a different story in terms of books, and it’s always interesting ...