We welcome new contributor @annacaig.bsky.social, whose choice is HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi, 'an extraordinary book' in which she found inspiration for her own novel THE WISE WITCH OF ORKNEY. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/10/gues... #historicalfiction #Ghana #slavery @penguinbooks.bsky.social

Guest review by Anna Caig: HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi

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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"A mind near broken, repaired through the curative hard task of art and creativity." Guest Graeme Fife chooses STILL by Paul Sanders: part photography tutorial, part memoir about Sanders' mental breakdown and recovery through mindful photography. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/09/gues...

Guest review by Graeme Fife: STILL - a mindful practice for photographers, by Paul Sanders

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Octavia E Butler was one of the first Black woman writers of sci-fi. Guest Sarah Lefanu celebrates the reissue by Headline of KINDRED, Butler's "dazzling, disturbing" tale of time-travel and slavery. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/09/gues... @headlinebooks.bsky.social #scifi #slavery #greatreads

Guest review by Sarah LeFanu: KINDRED by Octavia E Butler

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New novel imminent from Writers Review Publishing! Here Linda Newbery reveals the cover for The Hide, by Owen Gent, and talks about how well it conveys the book's themes. lindanewbery.substack.com/p/cover-reve... @lindanewbery.bsky.social @owengent.bsky.social #TheHide #WritersReviewPublishing

Cover reveal: The Hide

I know, a contradiction ...

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Guest Jon Appleton reflects on the excellence of women writers in Australia in the 1980s & celebrates the reissue of THE WELL by Elizabeth Jolley: 'wickedly funny, harrowing, mischievous, moving.' reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/09/gues... #ViragoModernClassics #ElizabethJolley #Australianwriters

Guest review by Jon Appleton: THE WELL by Elizabeth Jolley

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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Congratulations to @johnironmonger.bsky.social on publication of THE ANGEL OF ST PIRAN - a page-turning eco-thriller that asks questions about animal communication, habitat destruction & trophy hunting. Q&A here! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/08/spec... @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

Special feature Q&A: John Ironmonger on THE ANGEL OF ST PIRAN

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Welcome to new guest Peter Crawley, whose choice is a wartime memoir of resistance and courage that demands to be read. "...the awakening of spirit, the blossoming of defiance and the hardening of determination not to be beaten by the ranks of evil." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/08/gues...

Guest review by Peter Crawley: THE JOURNAL OF HÉLÈNE BERR: a Young Jewish Woman's Life in Occupied Paris, translated from French by David Bellos

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On Substack: art in various forms in my adult fiction. Egon Schiele, painting, stonecarving, calligraphy, photography, and a taster of my forthcoming novel, THE HIDE. lindanewbery.substack.com/p/paint-ink-... #WritersReviewPublishing #newfiction #TheHide

Congratulations to Jane Dalton, journalist and now author, on her compelling first novel, THE SECOND LIFE OF ANTHONY B. It looks at bereavement, secrets, adaptation, new chances - and the possibility of an afterlife? Jane discusses her book in this Q&A. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/08/spec...

Exciting news - our WRP author Sheena Wilkinson is shortlisted for the CAP awards in Ireland with Miss McVey Takes Charge. Congratulations and good luck to Sheena - this is WRP's first shortlisting! substack.com/@sheenawilki...

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I was quite scared to self publish book 12 after eleven trad published books. But I have never regretted it!

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Regular contributor @cindyjefferies.bsky.social revisits Margaret Drabble, finding her reading experience very different after so long an interval. "What a lot I had missed..." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/08/gues... #MargaretDrabble @canongate.co.uk #greatreads #rereading #favouritesrevisited

Guest review by Cindy Jefferies: THE NEEDLE'S EYE by Margaret Drabble

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A new novel is on the way from #WritersReviewPublishing! On Substack, @lindanewbery.bsky.social writes about the importance of a good cover ... and the anxiety of waiting. Though THE HIDE's cover is in the very capable hands of @owengent.bsky.social. We'll post it here when it's ready! #bookcovers

New contributor Jude Hayland praises Arnold Bennett's THE OLD WIVES' TALE: "a masterpiece that has long been overlooked as Bennett appears to have slipped out of bookish fashion" yet "as relevant now as when the novel was published in 1908." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/08/gues...

Guest review by Jude Hayland: THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett

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On the blog today: an interview with @suepur.bsky.social, whose first novel for adults, AN ORDINARY WAR, is out now. Based on her father's experiences as prisoner-of-war in Poland, it's a moving story of suffering, endurance, recovery and love. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/08/spec...

Special feature: Q&A with Sue Purkiss about her first novel for adults, AN ORDINARY WAR

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We're proud to publish our 6th title! Congratulations to Sue Purkiss, whose first novel for adults, AN ORDINARY WAR, is a moving and compelling tale based on her father's experiences as prisoner-of-war in Poland. See Q&A with Sue on the blog on Monday. #WritersReviewPublishing @suepur.bsky.social

A summer round-up on the blog today: Adele, Celia and Linda share their best recent reads, including books by Margaret Forster, Kathy Slack, Terry Hayes and @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/07/summ... #greatreads #summerreading #bestreads

SUMMER ROUND-UP by Adèle, Celia and Linda

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At @writersreview.bsky.social : Adele, Celia and I share our best recent reads. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/07/summ... #art #cooking #thrillers #photography #summerreading #readingrecommendations @celiarees.bsky.social

SUMMER ROUND-UP by Adèle, Celia and Linda

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How we began and how we've grown! @lindanewbery on 10 years of Writers Review, our many guests, and how it led to Writers Review Publishing... substack.com/@lindanewber...

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Writers Review’s tenth birthday - how it all started, with thanks to Scillonian III, Compton Verney and writer friends

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Writers Review's 10th birthday -

how we got there, thanks to Scillonian III, Compton Verney and writer friends

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It's our 10th birthday, and we're delighted to welcome Patrick Gale as our special guest, sharing his favourite walk, film, ideal day & more. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/07/10th... #authors #authorinterview #PatrickGale #favouriteauthors

10th Birthday Special Feature: PATRICK GALE tells us what's on his radar

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Guest Alice Jolly has won the Walter Scott prize for historical fiction with The Matchbox Girl - here she chooses 4 novels set in/after the Nazi regime in Germany and asks 'What would you have done?' reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/07/gues... @alicejolly.bsky.social #Nazism #SecondWorldWar

Guest feature by Alice Jolly: WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? - a round-up

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"Her research was always meticulous but her real talent was to make her characters come alive on the page." We mourn the loss of our friend Mary Hooper, author of fiction for children and young adults, in this tribute by @celiarees.bsky.social. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/07/reme...

Remembering MARY HOOPER, 1945 - 2026, a tribute by Celia Rees

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On the blog: guest Laura Parker finds much to intrigue & inform in THE TATTOOED HILLS by @jonwoolcott.bsky.social reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/06/gues.... #chalkfigures #downlands #chalk #landart

Guest review by Laura Parker: THE TATTOOED HILLS - JOURNEYS TO CHALK FIGURES, by Jon Woolcott

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Congratulations to @sheenawriter.bsky.social - MISS MCVEY TAKES CHARGE is longlisted for the CAP Awards for indie books. That's great news - and a first for Writers Review Publishing. Good luck with the next stages, Sheena!

Welcome back, writer & editor Jon Appleton, who reflects on his admiration for #AnnPatchett and enjoys her latest novel, Whistler. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/06/gues... @parnassusbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #greatreads #AmericanFiction

Guest feature by Jon Appleton: 'This is the Time We Have' - my decade with Ann Patchett

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Lovely post by Nick Manns, on seeing landscape & settlements with fresh eyes after reading Hoskins' classic. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/06/gues... @littletollerbooks.bsky.social

Guest review by Nick Manns: THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE by W G Hoskins

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Regular contributor Cindy Jefferies enjoys this musical memoir by Carolins Sanderson: 'a wonderful journey full of fascinating asides.' . reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/05/gues... @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social #music #classicalmusic

Guest review by Cindy Jefferies: LISTEN WITH FATHER - HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE CLASSICAL MUSIC by Caroline Sanderson

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Happy birthday, Writers Review Publishing! We launched our first 3 titles last April - now there are 5, with more on the way. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/04/writ... #writersreviewpublishing

WRITERS REVIEW PUBLISHING marks its first birthday

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Patrick Gale never disappoints - we've reviewed several of his novels. Here's @lindanewbery.bsky.social on his latest, LOVE LANE. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/04/love... @tinderpress.bsky.social #postwarBritain #sexuality #greatreads

LOVE LANE by Patrick Gale, reviewed by Linda Newbery

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Nick Hodges enjoys Alfred Wainwright's Memoirs of Fellwanderer, finding many a contradiction in 'AW', beloved companion on many a hike or ascent. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/04/gues...

Guest review by Nick Hodges: MEMOIRS OF A FELLWANDERER by Alfred Wainwright

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