Writers Review

Book reviews by writers or independent booksellers, with occasional special features. We choose our own recommendations: fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, poetry, nature writing. We hope you'll enjoy our selections and keep coming back for more. Follow us on Facebook, X (Writersreview1) and Bluesky (@writersreview.bsky.social). Our new venture, Writers Review Publishing, launched in April - see website link in sidebar and Q&As with the authors.

Monday, 20 April 2026

Guest review by Graeme Fife: THE ROMAN TRIUMPH by Mary Beard

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  " Beard’s book offers at least an inkling into an answer … never   the   answer, and that is the mark of an outstanding historian and...
Monday, 13 April 2026

LOVE LANE by Patrick Gale, reviewed by Linda Newbery

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  "Harry is such an endearing character and his story so quietly compelling that I'm sure many readers will want to seek out or rev...
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Monday, 6 April 2026

Guest review by Nick Hodges: MEMOIRS OF A FELLWANDERER by Alfred Wainwright

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    "... an easy ability and simplicity of style; his delightful pen and ink illustrations of mountain and moorland ..." Photogr...
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Monday, 30 March 2026

Bookseller feature: Sam Barnes of Books & Ink, Winchcombe

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"What really makes bookselling not a job but a vocation and a calling, is the joy of witnessing those moments of serendipitous discover...
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Monday, 23 March 2026

Guest feature by Ann Jungman - 'political correctness': help or hindrance?

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"I am going to shrink my tirade to three personal experiences, one as a teacher, one as a publisher and one as a writer ... " Ann ...
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Monday, 16 March 2026

Guest review by Jane Rogers: THE MATCHBOX GIRL by Alice Jolly

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  "As with all the best historical fiction, Jolly has written a novel which is only too relevant to our times ... " Jane Rogers ha...
Monday, 9 March 2026

Special feature: GREEN RISING and the Climate Fiction Writers League, by Wren James

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  "Writing is activism. Over a decade as a published author, I’ve come to learn this. It’s subtle, and slow working, but incredibly eff...
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