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, 15 September 2025

Guest review by Cindy Jefferies: THE HUMMINGBIRD by Sandro Veronesi, translated by Elena Pala

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  "Funny, serious, clever, controlled, sometimes a little demanding but always rewarding." First published in 2001 for children,...
Monday, 8 September 2025

Guest review by Dennis Hamley: POSSESSION, a Romance, by A S Byatt

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"Possession is my favourite-ever novel. I re-read it once every three years and each time I find even more in it." Dennis Hamley ...
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Monday, 1 September 2025

BOOKSHOP FEATURE: Inside an Indian Indie Bookstore, by Venkatesh Swamy

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  "Just like its customers, a bookstore has its own personality and temperament ..." Eureka! bookstore in New Delhi, the first s...
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Monday, 25 August 2025

Guest review by Linda Sargent: THE OLD WAYS - a Journey on Foot, by Robert Macfarlane

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  "What a complete joy it’s been, timely and so sustaining in these darkening times in our world." Linda Sargent is a writer who w...
Monday, 18 August 2025

Guest review by Graeme Fife: THE GO-BETWEEN by L P Hartley

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  "Hartley weaves a compelling net of intrigue and a brilliant portrayal of the starchy customs of aristocratic life ..." G raeme ...
Monday, 11 August 2025

Guest review by Sheena Wilkinson: LOVE FORMS by Claire Adam

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  "This is a novel huge in scope, with the action moving over decades and continents, but it is also a deeply personal, private story....
Monday, 4 August 2025

NINTH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL FEATURE: guest Michèle Roberts chooses OFFSHORE by Penelope Fitzgerald

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   "Her genius is to record her characters’ flounderings with infinite compassion. Her imagination works as a kind of embrace, both ten...
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