Berlin, spies and solitary writers – A Lonely Man reviewed in the Sunday Times

We were thrilled to see Johanna Thomas- Corr rave review of Chris Power’s forthcoming debut novel in the Sunday Times this weekend, where she praised it as: “an elegant, atmospheric story of shadows and half-truths.” She continues: “Power shares all of the letters of his surname with his protagonist as well as many biographical details: […]

Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden – Guardian Book of the Day

A director is enthralled by his two lead actors in a beguiling exploration of artistic obsession The credits and deficits of an artistic life are the focus of Diary of a Film. The protagonist, a director called Maestro by all those around him, arrives at a film festival in an unnamed Italian city where his latest […]

Rock of ages: how chalk made England – Guardian Long Read by Helen Gordon

Swathes of England’s landscape were shaped by the immense block of chalk that has lain beneath it for 100 million years. For a long time, even geologists paid it little heed – but now its secrets and symbolism are being revealed. On the British Geological Survey’s map, chalk is represented by a swathe of pale, limey […]