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Book reviews

  • International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels

    International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels

    Helen Vassallo, The Conversation Anne Whitehead, The Conversation Edward Sugden, The Conversation Hyunseon Lee, The Conversation Lucyl Harrison, The Conversation Rafael Mendes Silva, The Conversation
    · May 19, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘To Break and To Branch’: A gentle guide to Gieve Patel’s art, for first-timers and old admirers

    ‘To Break and To Branch’: A gentle guide to Gieve Patel’s art, for first-timers and old admirers

    Rituparna Roy
    · Mar 30, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • Scroll@10: For books and publishing in India, it was the best of times, it was the hardest of times

    Scroll@10: For books and publishing in India, it was the best of times, it was the hardest of times

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 29, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • Booker Prize 2023: The shortest reviews of the six shortlisted novels

    Booker Prize 2023: The shortest reviews of the six shortlisted novels

    Ananya Jahanara Kabir, The Conversation Alison Donnell, The Conversation Bethany Layne, The Conversation Leighan M Renaud, The Conversation Liam Harte, The Conversation Muireann O’Cinneide, The Conversation
    · Nov 25, 2023 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight’: Steven Carroll reimagines the life of TS Eliot and his first wife

    ‘Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight’: Steven Carroll reimagines the life of TS Eliot and his first wife

    Kieran Dolin, The Conversation
    · Mar 22, 2022 · 05:30 pm