Helen Cullen

Korean-American author Juli Min’s debut novel is a thoughtful and well-written interrogation of family relationships, but it would benefit from a more conventional timeline

Author’s second novel conjures up life in east London in 1909 with a pulsing momentum

Third novel from author of Major/Minor follows the story of Clara, a 16-year-old Parisienne forced to move to New York

The author deliberately creates a completely implausible plot that places the focus on the experience of the victim

Playwright has adapted her work into an engaging, thought-provoking novel

At its strongest, this novel illuminates the subterranean life that underpinned the writing of Wuthering Heights

The seemingly disparate episodes in this novel are bonded by the connective tissue of hope

John Connolly lures readers back to Elsewhere in inverse tale of mother maintaining a vigil beside her daughter’s beside

Though based in New Zealand, much of the exquisite detailing of the primary school will resonate deeply with Irish readers

In a world where we fixate on the cult of youth, this ‘coming-of-middle-age story’ is refreshing and provocative

Taylor is adept at illuminating with grace how political the personal actually is, with an unflinching determination to find the truth

This novel speaks to great potential for powerful work in the future

There is much to admire in this work, but its inconsistency suggests a crisis of confidence on the part of the author

Rhythm in the prose adds a texture to this story that harmonises with its principal theme

A woman flees to Italy following the death of her husband in this seventh novel from the Irish author