by Adam | Jun 13, 2016 | Reviews
The Arrival of Missives could be classed, amongst other things, as a coming-of-age story, a fantasy novel, soft environmentalism, an anti-authoritarian fable and a sci-fi-tinged forbidden love story. This might sound like an unwieldy melange, but Aliya Whitely manages...
by Euan | Mar 13, 2016 | Reviews
Usually, a large part of the decision to read or not to read a particular book rests on what that book is presented as ‘being about’. Interviewers spend a good deal of time trying to prise this ‘aboutness’ out of an author. Blurb writers are presumably graduates of...
by Christine | Sep 6, 2015 | Reviews
The novel The Room by Andreas Maier got me thinking about the relationship of authors to readers, specifically about the amount of effort that the audience is expected to make when engaging with a piece of art. Samuel Butler was fairly unequivocal on this matter: “I...
by Christine | Aug 9, 2015 | Front page, Reviews
I believe that lying is one of the noblest of human endeavours. I won’t justify this position (at least not here) but will state that Family Heirlooms, a 1990 novella by Brazilian author Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares, translated last year by Daniel Hahn and published by...
by Christine | Mar 11, 2015 | Front page, Uncategorized
UPDATE on March 23: A huge thank you to everyone who expressed interest! We are no longer accepting applications. We will be getting back to all candidates this week. Thanks again! Not of our latest web updates or our new spring haircuts. Of books. Pristine reviewers’...
