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3 Dec 2024
Ripcord by Nate Lippens, published by Pilot Press. One of my favourite novels of the year. I explain why in my review for @the_Crack
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19 Nov 2024
One of my favourite writer’s latest books is now out in paperback. Is Nathalie Olah’s Bad Taste good enough for you? Better read the review for @the_Crack to find out:
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12 Nov 2024
Rob Doyle’s Autobibliography is now out in paperback, published by @_SwiftPress - I reviewed the hardback edition for @the_Crack way back when. Is it any good? Better read the review and find out.
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6 Nov 2024
Find out why The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem (translated by Sinan Antoon) is a modern classic in my review for @the_Crack. Published by the great indie publisher @andothertweets
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21 Oct 2024
The world was one way and Lawrence was another and that, I couldn’t help but suspect, was how it was and how it would always be”. Find out why in Will Hodkinson’s classic Street-Level Superstar (@nineeightbooks) which I reviewed for the @the_Crack
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15 Oct 2024
Find out how, “Literature can be much, much more revealing than political writing” by reading Isabella Hammad’s excellent Recognising the Stranger published by @FernPress_ .
I reviewed it for @the_Crack
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16 Sep 2024
My review of the fantastic Never Understood for @the_Crack. It’s published by @WhiteRabbitBks and will be in the running for music book of the year. Why? Better read the review to find out.
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2 Sep 2024
Why did Jenny Erpenbeck’s great novel Kairos (translated by Michael Hofmann) win this year’s International Booker Prize? Better read my review for @the_Crack to find out
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27 Aug 2024
Read my review of Hannah Regel’s The Last Sane Woman (published by @VersoBooks) for
@the_Crack to find out why it’s a contender for novel of the year
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3 Aug 2024
My review of Hannah Regel’s brilliant The Last Sane Woman (published by @VersoBooks) coming soonish to @the_Crack
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29 Jul 2024
To Ease My Troubled Mind is a superb book about artistic outsider and musical cult figure Billy Childish, published, of course, by the great @WhiteRabbitBks and reviewed by me for @the_Crack :
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16 Jul 2024
For @the_Crack I’ve just reviewed Rachel Cattle’s UH HUH HER (published by the brilliant moistbooks.com), it’s one of this year’s best books. Why? Better read the review to find out:
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12 Jul 2024
Yes, yes, of course, but unless there’s tangible benefits for the electorate Labour will be voted straight back out in four years time…
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Monty Snapper 🧷 🌍 retweeted
7 Jul 2024
Mbappe 1:0 Le Pen 🇫🇷
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4 Jul 2024
❌ We NEVER want to see a sign like this ever again. ❌
The next government has the power to make that happen.
They can end the need for food banks.
ALT A sign with two arrows on. One arrow points left and is labelled 'food bank'. The second arrow points right and is labelled 'election'.
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1 Jul 2024
How can fiction bear witness and act against vested interests need to forget?
I reviewed V.V. Ganeshananthan’s brilliant and compelling Brotherless Night for @the_Crack
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30 Jun 2024
Coming soonish to @the_Crack my review of Rachel Cattle’s brilliant UH HUH HER (published by Moist)
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29 Jun 2024
“No sooner would we write something down than the Tigers, or the Indians or the Sri Lankan Army would follow in our wake, trying to erase it”. My review of V.V. Ganeshananthan’s brilliant novel Brotherless Night coming soon to @the_Crack
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28 Jun 2024
July’s @the_Crack is now out and features a cover photo by Franki Raffles (1955 - 1994) - an exhibition of her work is at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art until 17th November
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