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.

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Monday, 6 March 2023

Guest review by Graeme Fife: THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT - THE SCOTS' INVENTION OF THE MODERN WORLD by Arthur Herman

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  "The cover quotes Irvine Welsh: ‘Every Scot should read it.’ No.  Everyone , I say, should read it..." Graeme Fife is a regular...
Monday, 17 October 2022

Guest review by S C Skillman: SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND by Yuval Noah Harari

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"He offers many intriguing insights, one of the first of which is the vital role ‘gossip’ plays in human evolution and life." S C ...
Monday, 3 August 2020

Guest review by Ann Turnbull: THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES IN 100 PLACES by Neil Oliver

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'The author declares, "This is my love letter to the British Isles." It's this emotional response that makes the book...
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