Author: Roxane Gay (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Corsair Genre: short stories, literary fiction, magic realism Buy now: ebook | paperback The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable … Continue reading REVIEW: Difficult Women – Roxane Gay
Author: Richard Ayoade (twitter) UK Publisher: Faber and Faber Genre: non-fiction, humour, film Buy now: ebook | paperback The Grip of Film is a hard book to categorize. I got it for Christmas, and was immediately excited by the brash, pulp-esque cover featuring a lovingly rendered version of Ayoade in a leather jacket and fingerless … Continue reading REVIEW: The Grip of Film – Richard Ayoade
Author: Mary Beard UK Publisher: Profile Genre: Non-fiction, feminism, gender theory Buy now: ebook | hardcover To anyone who has been a woman in society in the last ten years, a lot of the topics covered in Mary Beard’s book will not come as a surprise. Women and Power is the collected texts of two lectures she gave, … Continue reading REVIEW: Women and Power – Mary Beard
Author: Dhonielle Clayton (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Gollancz Genre: YA, fantasy Buy Now: ebook | paperback I AM A BELLE. I CONTROL BEAUTY. In the opulent world of Orléans, beauty is power. And only through a Belle's abilities can perfection be achieved . . . though the results always fade. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the … Continue reading REVIEW: The Belles – Dhonielle Clayton
Publishing and London. The two seem inextricably linked. The major publishing houses are all based in the city, along with significant numbers of independent publishers – moving outside of London there are smaller, independent presses, or academic publishers. If you want to get into publishing, then by sheer force of numbers, London is your best … Continue reading BLOG: Publishing and London
Author: Erin Morgenstern (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Penguin Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction, romance Buy now: ebook | paperback I have a confession to make. I lied to my book group and pretended I hadn’t read this book when it came up as a suggestion, because I loved it so much I wanted an excuse to read it … Continue reading REVIEW: The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
