Book reviews of mainly modern & contemporary fiction

‘Notes to Self’ by Emilie Pine

‘Learning to Talk to Plants’ by Marta Orriols

Six Degrees of Separation: From ‘Beezus and Ramona’ to ‘The Well’

‘Nights Below Station Street’ by David Adams Richards

‘This Happy’ by Niamh Campbell

‘Moral Hazard’ by Kate Jennings

2021 Stella Prize winner announced

‘Threshold’ by Rob Doyle

4 new books by favourite authors

‘The Rúin’ by Dervla McTiernan

‘A Gun for Sale’ by Graham Greene

The 2021 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award shortlist

‘Revenge: Murder in Three Parts’ by S.L. Lim

Six Degrees of Separation: From ‘Shuggie Bain’ to ‘My Buried Life’

Southern Cross Crime Month wrap-up

‘Shore Leave’ by David Whish-Wilson

‘Sheerwater’ by Leah Swann

‘The Family Doctor’ by Debra Oswald

‘The Husband Poisoner’ by Tanya Bretherton

2021 Stella Prize shortlist