Barry Pierce
Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast
Review

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle
family chronicle

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo review: Family dynamics beg closer inspection
review

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo review: Family dynamics beg closer inspection

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit
review

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit

Okay Days by Jenny Mustard review: Romance as though Sally Rooney didn’t happen
Review

Okay Days by Jenny Mustard review: Romance as though Sally Rooney didn’t happen

Bellies by Nicola Dinan review: Compelling and compassionate trans romance
review

Bellies by Nicola Dinan review: Compelling and compassionate trans romance

Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel
Comic novel

Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?
Problematic art

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?

Never Was by H Gareth Gavin review: ‘A dreamy and promising debut’
Fiction

Never Was by H Gareth Gavin review: ‘A dreamy and promising debut’

Biography of X review by Catherine Lacey: ‘A stroke of genius’
Fiction

Biography of X review by Catherine Lacey: ‘A stroke of genius’

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: ‘Nothing like you’ll expect’
Reading list

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: ‘Nothing like you’ll expect’

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating
non fiction

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating