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Swanfolk: Strange swan-filled dreams in a near-dystopian future

20th February 2023  Jennifer Brough

This slim poetic prose novel by Kristín Ómarsdóttir and translated by Vala Torodds takes on larger-than-life themes in a world where the imagination bleeds into reality. 

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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – a brilliant, compelling portrait of a broken family

29th September 20192nd November 2019  Carla Plieth

Having killed her previous boyfriends as acts of ‘self defence’, will Ayoola’s fourth suitor live to tell the tale? Oyinkan Braithwaite’s Women’s and Booker Prize long listed novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer, makes for fiendishly wicked reading, says our contributor Carla Plieth.

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