Archive | Tigers are Better-looking by Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys Tigers are Better-looking . . This short story by Jean Rhys originally appeared in a 1962 edition of…
Archive | Living in London – XII by Shiva Naipaul
Shiva Naipaul Living in London – XII I have had the dubious distinction of having lived in Earls Court twice:…
Archive | Five Angolan Poets (trans. Ann Titterington)
Costa Andrade, Mario Antonio, Antonio Cardosa, Arnaldo Santos, and Agostinho Neto Five Angolan Poets (Trans. Ann Titterington) INTRODUCTION Ann Titterington…
Archive | The Good German by Anton Chekov (trans. Peter Constantine)
Anton Chekov The Good German (Trans. Peter Constantine) Ivan Karlovitch Schwei, the senior foreman at the Funk & Co. steel…
Podcast | Max Wilkinson
Max Wilkinson tells us why Old Kent Road can teach you everything you could hope to know about life and the ways in which artists like Burial and Aphex Twin influence his writing.
Fiction | shee-shee-shee by Kerry Hood
‘I know about things left too long to boil, things too hot to ever touch. I know there’s a kind of human who can take a single moment and make it better just by living it.’
New short fiction by Kerry Hood.
Fiction | Roses, Falling by Rupert Dastur
‘I cannot believe what I’m seeing, but there is no doubting it: roses are falling from the sky; the sort to fill vases or lay on gravesides: red and white, peach and pink, full-headed, green tear-drop leaves spaced along thorny stem.’
New fiction by Rupert Dastur.
Podcast | James Connor Patterson
James Connor Patterson explores the lingering effects of the Troubles and offers advice on finding your authentic voice when writing.
Interview | Hélène Bonafous-Murat
Erik Martiny An Interview with Hélène Bonafous-Murat Hélène Bonafous-Murat writes historic suspense fiction for the French publisher Les Editions…
Archive | Fiction | The Triumph of Balthazar by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez The Triumph of Balthazar One of the most celebrated authors of the twentieth century, Colombian writer Gabriel…
News | Colm TóibÃn wins 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize for ‘ambitious’ novel The Magician
News Colm TóibÃn wins 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize for ‘ambitious’ novel The Magician On Tuesday evening at the British Library…
Poetry | Simon Armitage | Untitled
Simon Armitage Untitled ~ How will         the dawn arrive?    …
Review | Injustice and Violence by Jeffrey Meyers
Jeffrey Meyers Injustice and Violence A Set of Six, Joseph Conrad (Ed. Allan Simmons et al), Cambridge UP, 2021, 517…
Interview | Julia Armfield on fiction writing, and the intersection of reality and fantasy
Tom Conaghan Julia Armfield on fiction writing, and the intersection of reality and fantasy Julia Armfield is the author of…
Poetry | The cutting room by Yogesh Patel
Yogesh Patel The cutting room After dementia Psychological Continuity But for the edits…….Gran was trapped in the storylines…….broken & fragmented…
Interview | Kwame Asafo-Adjei on Developing Movement
Lucy Morris Kwame Asafo-Adjei on Developing Movement Kwame Asafo-Adjei is a dancer and choreographer who fuses hip-hop with his personal…
Review | The Cesspits of London by Hugh Dunkerley
‘The portrayals of Victorian London in The Night Mechanic are as visceral and powerful as many of those conjured by Dickens.’
Hugh Dunkerley reviews ‘The Night Mechanic’.
Review | Wild Seas, Wilder Cities by Judy Waite
‘The potential for individuals to make a difference is celebrated and echoed throughout this collection.’
Judy Waite reviews ‘Wild Seas, Wilder Cities’.
Review | Blood and Coal by RC Birchley
‘But amid all of this, there is an undercurrent of something other.’
RC Birchley reviews Sue Harper’s ‘Blood and Coal’.
Review | Sh*tty Breaks: A Celebration of Unsung Cities by Ben Aitken
Rachel Birchley Sh*tty Breaks: A Celebration of Unsung Cities . There is something of the maverick about Ben Aitken. The…
Review | With One Hand Waving Free: Ken Fuller’s Latest Political Thriller
‘A lyrical poetry emerges from the forward-rolling action and dialogue.’
Rachel Birchley review Ken Fuller’s new novel, With One Hand Waving Free
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