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, 24 August 2026

Special feature Q&A: Jane Dalton on her first novel THE SECOND LIFE OF ANTHONY B

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  Is someone playing a cruel trick, or is the impossible really happening? Photograph by Sarah Widdowson Jane Dalton is a journalist at The...
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Monday, 17 August 2026

Guest review by Cindy Jefferies: THE NEEDLE'S EYE by Margaret Drabble

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  "A master of her craft." First published in 2001 for children, Cindy Jefferies found success with her Fame School series with ...
Monday, 10 August 2026

Guest review by Jude Hayland: THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett

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  "A masterpiece that has long been overlooked as Bennett appears to have slipped out of bookish fashion." Initially a short story...
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Monday, 3 August 2026

Special feature: Q&A with Sue Purkiss about her first novel for adults, AN ORDINARY WAR

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  "I realised in the end that the Dad I knew wasn’t the young man who’d been through the war. Harry isn’t Dad, though they shared some ...
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Monday, 27 July 2026

SUMMER ROUND-UP by Adèle, Celia and Linda

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Adèle,  Celia and Linda give their latest recommendations. Linda's choices: Rough Patch by Kathy Slack is a memoir of breakdown and rec...
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Monday, 20 July 2026

10th Birthday Special Feature: PATRICK GALE tells us what's on his radar

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  Photograph by Jo and Rob Whitworth It's our tenth birthday! Since we started in July 2016, we've published weekly, welcomed more g...
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Monday, 13 July 2026

Guest feature by Alice Jolly: WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? - a round-up

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  "Women write about war in a way which is different from the approach generally taken by men and their stories of collaboration often ...
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