Shiny New Books – What to Read Next and Why
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Reviewed by Harriet Many people will be familiar with Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel Brooklyn, or at least with the awarding-winning 2015 film adaptation. Set in 1950s Enniscorthy, County Wexford, it...| Shiny New Books
Review by Max Dunbar A Wrong in Time At a literary festival in 1993 Thom Graves watches an author being interviewed. It's slow going: Toward the end of the hourlong interview the discus| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Harriet Here on Shiny we love Laura Lippman and have posted reviews of five of her novels. All but one were standalone psychological thrillers, but Hush Hush (2015) features...| Shiny New Books
Review by Liz Dexter When we talk about women’s safety, it’s health and safety; when we talk about activist translation, we’re really talking about good translation. Jen Calleja is a...| Shiny New Books
Review by Peter Reason This slender collection of writing around the theme of freshwater is published by the Wellcome Collection to accompany its current exhibition of the same name, which...| Shiny New Books
Review by Annabel Starting back in 2013, Penguin began reissuing the novels of Georges Simenon in new or recent translations with distinctive photographic details on the covers. All 75 Maigrets ar| Shiny New Books
Review by Annabel One thing you can say about Kunzru’s previous novels – they will always have interesting themes that connect with the zeitgeist of the day from computer viruses in Transm| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Annabel I’ve been a fan of Kunzru’s writing since his first novel was published. He is one of those authors that always makes me think! His previous book, White Tears, which I| Shiny New Books
Translated by Tim Mohr Review by Annabel The main theme of this novel is not new, but Bronsky has such a refreshing take on it that I couldn’t help but...| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Harriet Even with the mask on, I recognized her at once. She was standing on the porch of the house at the end of the drive, her weight on one foot, the other leg relaxed, her left ha| Shiny New Books
Review by Liz Dexter The last humans will, like many of the first, hold to the coast, scratching a living from the sea and the shore. I imagine the last...| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Rebecca Foster Kaliane Bradley has had a big year. The British-Cambodian author’s debut novel, The Ministry of Time, was longlisted for a British Book Award, the Jhalak Prize,...| Shiny New Books
Review by Annabel It's been a four-year wait for this, Natasha Brown's second novel. Her first, Assembly, was stunning, winning many plaudits. It's a moving and beautifully written novella tol| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Harriet In my mind I am still running. Running towards the road. Running, running, running. The darkness is fresh around me, the air slicing across my face in wild, clean streaks.&nbs| Shiny New Books
Review by Karen Langley The interwar period of the early 20th century saw a massive amount of emigration from Central Europe, as those vulnerable to the extremist governments of a number of co| Shiny New Books
Review by Annabel Although Irish author Jess Kidd has written four previous well-received novels, and I even own copies of two of them, I've not managed to read her until her new book, her fif| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Rob Spence, 28 January 2025 One of the most welcome developments in literary studies over recent years has been the rediscovery of works by previously neglected women writers of the ea| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Harriet, 7 Jan 2025 When I was young, I spent several summers in Stratford-upon-Avon. My parents were working at the theatre there, so I was fortunate to be allowed to sit quietly| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Harriet You will have only one story… You’ll write your one story many ways. Don’t ever worry about story. You will have only one. This advice, given to the protagonist on| Shiny New Books
Translated by Frank Wynne Review by Annabel I would never have predicted that Virginie Despentes, creator/director of the 2000 rape-revenge novel and film Baise-moi, author of the superb 'S| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Harriet I discovered the wonderful Elizabeth Strout back in 2017, when I reviewed My Name is Lucy Barton for Shiny. Since then I’ve reviewed another four of her novels on here, m| Shiny New Books
Review by Liz Dexter If you wish to bludgeon badgers or beavers or remove peregrine falcons and hen harrier chicks from their nests, a way can be found. If you wish, on the other hand, to res| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Harriet William Boyd’s latest novel has been almost overwhelmingly greeted with admiration and praise. ‘A Spy Story to rival Restless’ is the Guardian’s headline, har| Shiny New Books
Interview by Harriet Harriet: Hi Kate - thanks for agreeing to do this. We know you’re working on a memoir of your Handheld days, so this will be a special sneak preview. And of course we’| Shiny New Books
Review by Liz Dexter How intrepid you are as a traveler depends, at least partly, on how entitled you feel to travel. On whether there’s an army base nearby with soldiers from your country. On| Shiny New Books
An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv and the Making of an American Film Classic Review by Annabel Full disclosure: I saw The Blues Brothers on the first day of its general release at Fulh| Shiny New Books
Review by Simon Thomas In the past decade, a trend has developed where the lines between biography and autobiography, between non-fiction and memoir, have collapsed in on themselves. The autho| Shiny New Books
Reviewed by Harriet Here at Shiny, I’m proud to say, we have now covered every aspect of Edith Nesbit’s wonderful fiction writing. Best known to most people as a writer for children - I w| Shiny New Books
I am a very critical reader; there are not many books that I unreservedly admire. So it is notable that when I finished reading Thunderclap, I closed the covers, turned to my wife, and said, “T| Shiny New Books
Translated by Jessica Moore Reviewed by Annabel It is easy to see why this novel (in this translation; Sam Taylor has translated it in the USA as The Heart) has been longlisted for the| Shiny New Books
