Books

  Sporting a catchy, intriguing title that goes to the heart of an age-old scientific debate which, to be fair, science has pretty much won, John Green’s first new book in six years, Turtles All the Way Down, is due in just 7 weeks. That’s pretty exciting in and of Continue Reading

  Masculinity, like so many societal constructs, perpetually teeters on the edge of a thousand shaky assumptions. We may think we know what it is, and what it is not, but the truth is, it’s a hazily grouped together set of ideas that when put to the test, often come Continue Reading

  Grief is the enemy of many things. Forward momentum, a belief in a rosy future, creativity, laughter, renewal and rebirth, a sense that if you put one foot in front of the other, even just for a short while, it will lead somewhere meaningful. The exquisitely-wrought debut novel by Continue Reading

  The final book in the imaginatively-named Newsflesh Trilogy, in which society survives the zombie apocalypse but in a form almost unreconisable to the one we know today, Blackout is all about reunions, farewells and yes, the revealing and bringing to justice of those behind the great conspiracy that has Continue Reading

  Combining both poetic lyricism and raw emotional vulnerability, A General Theory of Oblivion explores, with poignant insight and an unwillingness to wash everything in a romanticised sheen, what it is like to take a great big step away from the human race. Through the protagonist, Ludovica Fernandes, who walls Continue Reading

  Among humanity’s many contradictory traits, one that stands out is our ability to romanticise just about anything. Whether it’s things as mundane as upcoming holidays or an album release by our favourite artist, or idealistic hopes for a better future, one that dwarfs our oft-blighted present, we are ever-ready Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT “Turtles All the Way Down begins with a fugitive billionaire and a cash reward. It is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral Continue Reading

  Have loved books for as long as I can remember. And given their close connection, I have loved bookshops with just as much passion for almost as long. Where other kids were spending their hard-won pocket money on skateboards, lollies and comics books – OK I did that too Continue Reading

  As the temporary custodians of relatively short lifespans, humanity has always looked longingly at the idea of immortality. Everything from the fabled Fountain of Youth through to vampires and religious dogma (though in many cases you have to die to get this extension to your lifespan, rather complicating the Continue Reading

  With a built-in warning that humanity is its own worst enemy – by a considerable margin and that’s without a nasty zombie-creating virus on the loose in the world – Deadline picks up the shambling good work of its brilliant predecessor Feed, and runs with it, far faster than Continue Reading