Reviewed: Grace After Henry by Eithne Shortall Avril Hoare welcomes a heartfelt story of death, and life, the end of love and the beginning of love in Eithne Shortall's new novel, Grace … Books • 08 Feb 19
Review: The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor Now out in paperback, Jon McGregor's The Reservoir Tapes takes its time to explore the ordinariness of life, the ebbs and flows, the unimaginable and … Books • 18 Sep 18
Reviewed: Helen Cullen's Lost Letters of William Woolf What happens to lost letters? In Helen Cullen's debut novel, The Lost Letters of William Woolf, they end up in the Dead Letters Depot in … Culture • 10 Jul 18
Reviewed: Grace after Henry by Eithne Shortall Avril Hoare welcomes a heartfelt story of death, and life, the end of love and the beginning of love in Eithne Shortall's new povel, Grace … Books • 18 May 18
Reviewed: Keep you Safe by Melissa Hill There is plenty to think about in Melissa Hill's absorbing novel concering the topical and divisive subject of vaccination, writes Avril Hoare. It presents both … Books • 13 Apr 18
Reviewed: The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor Jon McGregor's The Reservoir Tapes takes its time to explore the ordinariness of life, the ebbs and flows, the unimaginable and the banal, says Avril … Books • 20 Mar 18
Reviewed: The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne Who is he? This is the central, burning question concerning the character Cyril Avery in John Boyne's ambitious The Heart's Invisible Furies, now out in … Books • 26 Feb 18
Reviewed: Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Costa Novel Award - both in 2017 - Reservoir 13 numbered among many Book of … Books • 16 Feb 18
Reviewed: Keep You Safe by Melissa Hill There is plenty to think about in Melissa Hill's absorbing new novel, Keep You Safe about the topical and divisive subject of vaccination, writes Avril … Books • 19 Oct 17
Review: Carmel Harrington's The Woman at 72 Derry Lane Carmel Harrington's new novel deals with a woman suffering at the hands of an abusive husband. Avril Hoare declares it to be full of "heart, … Books • 19 Jun 17
