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 June 2026

Guest review by Sue Purkiss: RAISING HARE, by Chloe Dalton

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"The writing shines with a crisp clarity ..." Sue Purkiss has enjoyed parallel careers in teaching and writing. Starting as an En...
Monday, 8 June 2026

WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy, reviewed by Linda Newbery

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  "One of my books of the year - completely gripping, moving, expertly-paced, with characters that grow on the reader." Linda Newb...
Monday, 1 June 2026

Guest feature by Jon Appleton: 'This is the Time We Have' - my decade with Ann Patchett

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  "I’ve reviewed Ann Patchett’s most recent decade of writing here on Writers Review across various posts. Maybe you’ve been reading a...
Monday, 25 May 2026

Guest review by Nick Manns: THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE by W G Hoskins

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  "Once you’ve spent time in Hoskins’ company, you start to interrogate a familiar world in a new way..." Nick Manns taught Engli...
Monday, 18 May 2026

Guest review by Cindy Jefferies: LISTEN WITH FATHER - HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE CLASSICAL MUSIC by Caroline Sanderson

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  "A wonderful journey full of fascinating asides." First published in 2001 for children, Cindy Jefferies found success with her ...
Monday, 11 May 2026

Special feature Q&A: Dennis Hamley talks about SPIRIT OF THE PLACE

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  "The cat is, in some ways, the most significant character in the book ... the cause of Fowler’s greatest sin and the subject of a fai...
Monday, 4 May 2026

Guest feature by Paul Dowswell: THE MANY-SPLENDOURED OBSCENITY OF VIZ

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  Paul Dowswell' s journey from foolish youth to mithered old codger is near to its end. In between these two points he has written so...
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