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Our reviews, interviews and excerpts are chosen to platform small and independent presses as well as high-profile authors and publishers.

We’re always looking for reviewers – click HERE to learn more.

Illustration of three people of colour inside a book with raised fist, smoke signal and loudhailer

  • A headshot of writer Grace Byron next to the cover of her book Herculine

    Grace Byron on cultural criticism, transphobia and Trump

    Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin speaks to writer Grace Byron about trans representation, artificial intelligence, and the role of criticism in an age of moral panic.

  • A black and white photograph of Groote Schuur, the country estate of Cecil Rhodes in South Africa

    Cape Fever – review

    Nadia Davids’ gothic tale evokes the suffocation of domestic service as a psychological duel unfolds between madam and maid, writes Fifi Bat-hef

  • A stock photograph of a baby being held by their parents

    We Grow the World Together – review

    We Grow the World Together’s collected essays are a vital resource on caregiving and abolition for those hoping to build a better world for future generations, writes Gracie Mae Bradley

  • A black and white photograph of Andrée Blouin

    My Country: Africa – review

    Andrée Blouin’s autobiography, whilst messy at points, charts a clear history of resistance to colonial oppression, writes Olivia Umuerwa Rutazibwa

  • A photo of Sara Ahmed smiling, next to an image of her latest book cover

    Can’t complain? An interview with Sara Ahmed

    Paula Lacey talks to feminist scholar Sara Ahmed about institutional violence, complaint activism and the power of saying ‘no’

  • An illustration of seven raised fists set against a bright yellow sun

    Mutual aid – review

    Darcy White explores the contours and applications of mutual aid, which for Dean Spade must be grounded in shared understandings of systemic injustice

  • A woman in a black sari

    Mother Mary Comes to Me – review

    In her first memoir, Arundhati Roy grapples with the complex forces, both global and close to home, which formed her – including her remarkable and often-abusive mother, writes Nandita Lal

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