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Classical Chinese text of a poem in this new handy pocket-size selection from the work of Li Shangyin

Reviewed: Li Shangyin's shimmering ninth century poems

Nuala O'Connor's Becoming Belle: a determined young woman comes out on top despite myriad hardships in Victorian-era London.

Reviewed: Becoming Belle by Nuala O'Connor

Matthew Klam: acerbic humour, wild irreverence and a new spin on the campus novel in Who is Rich?

Reviewed: Who is Rich? by Matthew Klam

Book Review / 04 Oct

Wendy Erskine displays a keen understanding of the East Belfast milieu

Review: Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine

To Russia with Love: Conor O'Clery (picture Paul Sharp)

Review: The Shoemaker and his Daughter by Conor O'Clery

Book Review / 19 Sep

Jon McGregor's Reservoir Tapes is now out in paperback

Review: The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor

The crucial battles of the Second World War are recalled in detail, from the Battle of Midway (1942) through to Iwo Jima (1945)

Reviewed: Battles that Changed History

Fears that George Pelecanos' days of shelf supremacy were behind him have proven unfounded

Reviewed: The Man Who Came Uptown by George Pelecanos

'A little fix after a glorious summer of hurling to help you through the winter months'

Book Review: The Hurlers by Paul Rouse

The aftermath of a London Terrorist attack is the setting for Karen Perry's latest thriller

Reviewed: Your Closest Friend by Karen Perry

Book Review / 10 Sep

Henri Cole: Orphic Paris is an affectionate and softly erudite memoir of the city he loves

Reviewed: Orphic Paris by Henri Cole

The Kremlin: official Russia continued to punish Varlam Shalamov after his release from prison.

Review: Kolyma Stories by Varlam Shalamov

Book Review / 04 Sep

Sally Rooney: the author understands a kind of enduring, hard-bitten Irishness

Reviewed: Normal People by Sally Rooney

Book Review / 04 Sep

Robert Aickman (1914-1981): his quietly spooky stories will have you mesmerised

Review: Compulsory Games by Robert Aickman

Book Review / 30 Aug

John Boyne is in the best of black humorous form here

Reviewed: A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne

Review: The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

Tony Parsons' Die Last, now out in paperback. Ideal for the beach - if you'e a middle-aged male, that is.

Review: Die Last by Tony Parsons

Caoilinn Hughes: definitely one to watch, say Grace Keane

Review: Orchid and the Wasp by Caoilinn Hughes

Dag Solstad: celebrated and garlanded in his native Norway

Reviewed: T Singer by Dag Solstad

Stephen King - Having an off-book here

Reviewed: The Outsider by Stephen King

Torrent of images: Shift, a collection of new stories from Mia Gallagher (photo Robbie Fry)

Reviewed: Shift by Mia Gallagher

Culture / 08 Aug

Joseph O'Neill's Good Trouble: Netherland author's sparkling collection of new stories

Reviewed: Good Trouble by Joseph O'Neill

June Caldwell: tales of the unexpected

Reviewed: Room Little Darker by June Caldwell

Andrew Motion: His impressive 2006 memoir In the Blood followed 12 years later by this verse sequence detailing the same traumatic event and its aftermath.

Reviewed: Essex Clay by Andrew Motion

Poetry / 31 Jul

Carys Davies: her debut might just figure on the Man Booker lists

Reviewed: West by Carys Davies

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