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Very excited to be appearing at the Ullapool Book Festival this Friday evening with pal Helen FitzGerald. It’s a brilliant festival, see the full weekend programme here.

Trying to keep more up to date with my review column in Big Issue, so here’s the latest, reviews of novels by Neil Mackay and Lucy Ribchester. Enjoy!

So yesterday was my last day as Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Queen Margaret University. I was there for two years, helping students and staff with all aspects of academic writing. I’m still going to be working with the RLF … Continue reading →

It’s the book that keeps on rolling. Here’s a brand new lovely review of Gone Again by Sarah Hardy over at By The Letter blog. Thanks, Sarah!

  Here are a bunch of new book reviews that I wrote for The Big Issue. Enjoy! In Her Wake (Orenda) by Amanda Jennings The Sunlight Pilgrims (William Heinemann) by Jenni Fagan Dodgers (No Exit) by Bill Beverly Patience (Jonathan … Continue reading →

So after nine years of writing for them, this is likely my last book review in the Independent on Sunday. A lovely and very funny novel by Kevin MacNeil. Enjoy! Dx

I’ve reviewed six books in The Big Issue recently. Namely: The North Water by Ian McGuire The Ex by Alafair Burke Dinosaurs on Other Planets by Danielle McLaughlin Shame and Wonder by David Searcy Cut Me In by Ed McBain … Continue reading →

So while I’m in an info-dump kind of mood, here’s my Indy on Sunday review of Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins, a dystopian doo-dah I didn’t really dig.