The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
essentially a review of my new meds
Tag: contemporary British fiction
Every Fox Is A Rabid Fox by Harry Gallon
death, dying, dead
Old Filth by Jane Gardam
my thoughts on literature and class
Arkady by Patrick Langley
hipster dystopia / hipstopia / better than that sounds
The Night Visitors by Jenn Ashworth & Richard V. Hirst
Great book, plus lots about why I didn’t win the award I was shortlisted for.
All The Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
A good novel about regret and running away
Attrib. and other stories by Eley Williams
drowning in sobriety like I used to drown in booze; even sublime prose can’t hoist me happy
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Pond is great, but like My Chemical Romance, I’m Not OK.
The Faithful Couple by A.D. Miller
A rare book on male friendship, but do we need more books starring rich hetero white men?
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
books on race loved by the privileged make me nervous
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
some contemporary literary fiction about scotland
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
Max Porter Works In Publishing
The Open Pen Anthology (edited by Sean Preston)
Open Pen is a free literary magazine that publishes new writing. It is distributed in various bookshops both within (andContinue Reading
Devotion by Ros Barber
Ros Barber was one of my lecturers when I did my Creative Writing MA, and Ros Barber is one ofContinue Reading
Midland: A Novel Out of Time by Honor Gavin
midlands novel and a road trip into childhood
Triumph Of The Now 