Adrian Selby

With regard to arguing with others about who we should be and […]

Whiteshift, by Eric Kaufman, is an easy book to recommend you read, […]

I’m reflecting on the aftermath of a UK election result that I, […]

These two books, one old, one new, continue my lucky streak of […]

With the third book’s first draft completed and no more deadlines at […]

I’ve been busy finishing my third novel. While I was wrestling with […]

“In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys. It’s […]

1930’s rural England seen through the eyes of a troubled young girl […]

I needed to step away from sff reading at least briefly, mix […]

The Green Man figure from the folklore of numerous cultures and religions […]

As saddened by the whole Hugo ‘puppy’ bullshit as any right-thinking person […]

I love Jeff Vandermeer’s work because I love HP Lovecraft’s work. But […]

I’m reading a bit of sci-fi at the moment as I’m woefully […]

Dark Tales, by Shirley Jackson, is a hugely effective collection of short […]

“But preserve your mistrust of the page, for a book is a […]

I do almost all my reading on the bus. Thus, my go-to […]

“I was brilliant. Not just your run-of-the-mill brilliance either. I was extraordinarily […]

In the last few weeks I’ve read two great books; both are […]

Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant bolsters the list of fantasy genre writing […]

Brian Catling’s The Vorrh is a very beautifully written book, with the […]

Where do I begin? While this is not my favourite book, it […]

If the awards and critical acclaim have not steered you towards the […]

This is a story about superheroes in the second world war and […]

The title of David Mitchell’s marvellous book almost fully encapsulates it, as […]

I’ve written here about my miserable realisation I wouldn’t read more than […]

Helen Macdonald has opened her soul, and unlike most of us, is […]

“if our secrets define us, as opposed to the face we show […]

Minor spoilers regarding early part of novel ahead… I’ve not personally overdosed […]

I’d been putting off trying to articulate my thoughts on Adam Tooze’s […]

This book has no right to be a debut.  It’s exhilarating, a […]