Stuck in a Book

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It’s episode 24 of the podcast I do with my twin brother, and as always we cover all the most important issues of the day. Enjoyyyy

I was keen to introduce my book group to Magnus Mills, and also to choose one of his books that I hadn’t read yet – so earlier this year I got them reading The Scheme for Full Employment (2003). Read on for why I regretted that decision…

The Scheme for Full Employment was Mills’ fourth novel, following on from my

Liars, Lisa Ridzen, and Debbi Voisey – welcome to episdoe 153!

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In the first half, we talk about our expectations of truth in the non-fiction we rea...

For Women in Translation month, I pulled Deborah (1936) by Esther Kreitman, translated from Yiddish by her son, Maurice Carr, in the 1940s. It was a gift from a Virago-loving friend called Alex back in 2020, and it definitely ticking off a language that I’ve never read before.

Deborah is apparently quite autobiographical, following a Rabbi and...

I’ve over at Shiny New Books, talking about Michael Cunningham’s new autobiography(?), Unsayable. Here’s the beginning of my review, and you can read the rest at SNB…

When Michael Cunningham set out to write Unsayable, I wonder if it s...