New post on First Love, by Gwendoline Riley.

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First Love

There’s something concentrated, claustrophobic, about Gwendoline Riley’s First Love, such that it comes as a relief that the book is only 167 pages long. The prospect of spending more time in the c…

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My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley is an absolute stunner. It’s a fascinating, difficult, awkward, complicated examination of a mother/daughter relationship. And it’s freaking brilliant.

#bookstodon #MyPhantoms #GwendolineRiley

Speaking of podcasts, I’m not a regular listener of the one put out by the Los Angeles Review of Books, but something made me listen to their year in review ep and I’m glad I did. (And not only because two people recommended Gwendoline Riley’s My Phantoms.) #PodcastRecommendations #bestof2022 #losangelesreviewofbooks #gwendolineriley https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-best-of-2022/
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Looking forward to the New Year for so many different reasons - one being the publication of Unfinished Business by #MichaelBracewell on 19 January - can't wait to read it. The conversation between him and #GwendolineRiley on the same day should be good too. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-bracewell-gwendoline-riley-unfinished-business-tickets-475157497867?_eboga=183096686.1671286676 @lrbbookshop
Michael Bracewell & Gwendoline Riley: Unfinished Business

Michael Bracewell discusses his first novel for over 20 years with Gwendoline Riley

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For December's newsletter, I recommended Gwendoline Riley's MY PHANTOMS; Lynne Tillman's MOTHERCARE; & Marlen Haushofer's THE WALL, translated by Shaun Whiteside.

You can read it here if you like:
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#GwendolineRiley #MyPhantoms #LynneTillman #Mothercare #MarlenHaushofer #TheWall