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Reviews, interviews and excerpts chosen to platform small, independent presses alongside high-profile authors and publishers. Click HERE to see our list of books for review

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Reviews, interviews and excerpts chosen to platform small, independent presses alongside high-profile authors and publishers. Click HERE to see our list of books for review

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

  • A b&w photo of a white man wearing glasses with a book cover (The Reverse Cenataur's Guide to Life After AI) against a computer chip background

    Cory Doctorow: AI bubbles, bosses and sci-fi

    As The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI hits shelves, author Cory Doctorow explains the widely destructive promise of the AI bubble

  • A black and white photo of hands holding aloft a cardboard sign that reads: 'planet over profit'

    Fires in the Night – review

    Gareth Thompson reviews a nail-biting history of environmentalist direct action

  • A black and white photo of a crowd with a banner in the background reading 'United Black Women's Action Group'

    Stella Dadzie: A Whole Heap of Mix Up – review

    Stella Dadzie’s collection of essays, poems, diary entries and speeches highlights the importance of Black feminist archival practices, writes Grace Blenkinsop

  • A black and white photo of a crowd of people stood in a semi-circle listening to a speaker, whilst holding placards reading 'trans rights now' and 'trans bodies are not a political playground'

    Deviants and trailblazers – review

    Rebecca Jane Morgan’s account of the fight for legal recognition for trans people in the UK is a valuable resource to contemporary activists, writes Kit Heyam

  • 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, AI and cultural 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

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