Indie Bookshops and Publishers
a directory of independent bookshops and publishers
Indie Bookshops and Publishers
a directory of independent bookshops and publishers
Madeline Miller. Bloomsbury. (352p) ISBN 9781408890042 I was very late to reading this and never understood why, I had it on my bookshelf from the moment it came out in paperback as I’d loved Song of Achilles so much and was looking forward to it but it sat there for ages. In the end I …
Dan Hanks. Angry Robot. (400p) ISBN 9780857669384 Let’s start this off with the fact that I’m a great fan of Angry Robot, they always seem to release great books 🙂 Cisco is the only one that remembers Deadman’s Grin, this has not been great for his life and marriage as he also can’t let go. …
Caleb Azumah Nelson. Penguin Books. (160p) ISBN 9780241448786 A lyrical expression of a young man’s first true love complicated by being Black in London is way too simple a way of describing this beautifully written paean to the meaning of love, that glance across the room, that shiver up the spine. Most of us know …
Nathalie Herschdorfer. Thames & Hudson. (432p) ISBN 9780500296561 Lately I’ve been making an effort to revisit my passion for photography and art, including art history and have been building my library up once more. So when I saw that there were copies of Body available to read and review I jumped at the chance as …
Kate Griffin. Little Brown. (496p) ISBN 9781841497334 I have several books I reread if I get into a bit of a rut and find myself unable to read, A Madness of Angels is one of them. Familiarity is one of the main reasons, but this is such a great example of urban fantasy with a …
Alan Garner. 4th Estate Books. (160p) ISBN 9780008477790 I preordered this the moment I heard that Alan Garner was releasing a new book, his take on mythology in children’s fiction is always wonderfully nuanced and executed. All the way through this there was the feel of an epic poem or a folk ballad with the …
Nayrouz Qarmout. Comma Press. (112p) ISBN 9781905583782 I’ve had this collection of short stories on the go for quite a while now as they are a difficult read, not that the words are difficult but the emotions those words stir are hard to process. Nayrouz writes poetically about situations influenced by her time in Gaza …
Joanne Harris. September Publishing. (320p) ISBN 9781912836598 Following Joanne Harris on Twitter is always worth it, supportive and enthusiastic about writing and the process, and her twitter threads of “Ten Things…” are always refreshing. So as soon as I saw that she was releasing a collection of her writing tips in a single volume I …