18/06/2024
The Quiet Side of Passion By Alexander McCall Smith Little, Brown, 2018 Being an enormous fan of Alexander McCall Smith’s series, centring on Mma Precious Ramotswe […]
28/05/2024
Finding Emma By Valerie Volk Wakefield Press, 2024 The most puzzling part of this novel was working out why I was so captivated by the […]
08/05/2024
Lonely Castle in the Mirror By Mizuki Tsujimura Penguin Books, 2022 ‘I sometimes find myself dreaming.’ When I read the opening sentence to this Young Adult […]
21/04/2024
Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight By Riku Onda Bitter Lemon Press, London, 2022 English Translation by Alison Watts After being so deeply impressed by Onda’s novel, […]
17/03/2024
Honeybees and Distant Thunder By Riku Onda Transworld Publishers, 2023 From the outset, Riku Onda challenges the establishment by exposing the competitive world of piano competitions […]
30/01/2024
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe Translated by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites Read by Marisa Calin A Macmillan Audiobook Text Copyright 2012 Translation Copyright 2017 Antonion […]
19/10/2023
One Sunday By Joy Dettman Macmillan 2005 While the plot of the novel revolves around uncovering the murderer ─ and likely suspects are in plentiful supply […]
16/10/2023
Before Your Memory Fades Toshikazu Kawaguchi Picador 2022 Once again, Kawaguchi’s novella reminds us of the importance of community and the way that public spaces ─ […]
26/04/2023
Tales From the Cafe By Toshikazu Kawaguchi Picador, 2020 Unfortunately, I have not been able to track down Before the Coffee Gets Cold which introduces the […]