“Reading Iris Wolff’s writing is like immersing oneself in the pages of a beautifully composed picture book.” In the European Literature Network, Sarah Escritt reviews Iris Wolff’s newly translated novel, “Clearing” - www.eurolitnetwork.com/rivetingrevi...

“It is sad that ‘Sidetracked’ has gone unnoticed for so long, but this is an appropriate time for it to be published.” In @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Robert Chandler reviews Alexander Voloshin’s newly translated poetic epic, “Sidetracked: Exile in Hollywood” - lareviewofbooks.org/article/side...

“Caldwell’s collections are some of the most thematically unified that I’ve read, and ‘Devotions’ is no exception.” In @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social, Sara Polsky reviews Lucy Caldwell’s new short story collection, “Devotions” - chireviewofbooks.com/2026/06/29/l...

“To read Bracewell’s prose is the equivalent of sauntering the streets of one’s youth, not knowing where it will lead or whom you will see.” In @popmatters.com, Jack Walters reviews Michael Bracewell’s new novella, “The Smiths” - www.popmatters.com/the-smiths-m...

“Like most of Johnston’s fiction, the book is sad and funny, but at times you’re not quite sure which.” In @reviewcanada.bsky.social, Tom Jokinen reviews Wayne Johnston’s new novel, “The Novice of Holloway Hall ” - reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...

“the novel is more concerned with the evil that coexists just beneath the surface of our seemingly carefree everyday lives” In @wwborders.bsky.social, Cory Oldweiler reviews Cecilia Eudave’s newly translated novel, “The Summer of the Serpent” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...

“Through her searching, we realize the unknowable depth of a human life, the gentle ways cycles of abuse might end, and how the art of storytelling keeps us alive.” In Asymptote Journal, Mary Noorlander reviews Valérie Perrin’s newly translated novel, “Tata” www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/06...

“The author is at his best narrating combat, conveying the chaos and terror of battle with clarity and grace.” In Chapter 16, Ed Tarkington reviews Kevin Powers’ new novel, “Children of the Wild” - chapter16.org/the-native-t...

“As the title suggests, the stories in this collection center around the motif of blood – both literal and metaphoric.” In Reading in Translation, Samuel Manickam reviews Gabriela Rábago Palafox’s newly translated short story collection, “The Voice of Blood” readingintranslation.com/2026/06/15/g...

“We have in Henri Coulette a new major minor poet to marvel at: his forms are exact, his humour dark and wry, and he wears his learning lightly.” In @review31.bsky.social, Austin Spendlowe reviews Henri Coulette’s “New and Selected Poems” - review31.co.uk/article/view...

“All nine stories in this collection challenge boundaries: the real and fictional, life and death, comedy and tragedy.” In @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social, Kateryna Shabelnyk reviews Son Bo-mi’s newly translated short story collection, “Swell” - asianreviewofbooks.com/swell-by-son...

“‘Phantom Limbs’ in Jein Han’s translation is easy on the eyes and easy on the ears, a perfect poetic seance for those eager to be frightened and haunted.” In @ltikorea.bsky.social, Eunice Lee reviews Lee Min-ha’s newly translated poetry collection, “Phantom Limbs” - klwave.or.kr/klw/magazine...

“She sought poetry as a balm during the dark night of the soul that she, her community, and her country often traversed” In @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, Emily Hunsberger reviews Nadia Anjuman’s newly translated poetry collection, “Smoke Drifts” - anotherchicagomagazine.net/2026/06/16/r...

“The lyrics always tell us what Maggie is thinking, what inspires her—the weather, the lakefront, birds, smells, sights and sounds of wherever she is.” In @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social, Nancy S. Bishop reviews Susannah Felts’ new novel, “The Come Apart” - thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/06/...

“Nagle is in no way trying to ossify Chuya’s work to an artifact of the past, an all-too-common practice.” In @japantimes.co.jp, Aleksandra Priimak reviews Chuya Nakahara’s newly translated poetry collection, “The Poetry of Chuya Nakahara” - www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026...

“Whatever readers’ reasons, Harpman, the author of over fifteen works of fiction, deserves to be virally rediscovered.” In 4Columns, Jessi Jezewska Stevens reviews Jacqueline Harpman’s newly translated book of novellas, “We Were Forbidden” - 4columns.org/stevens-jess...

“Leonora stands imperiously apart, both from the world of Pym’s earlier novels and from the larger world of British fiction of the 1960 and ’70s.” In @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Eric Gudas reviews Barbara Pym’s newly reissued novel, “The Sweet Dove Died” - lareviewofbooks.org/article/swee...

“Repeatedly, the author turns her nimble, fresh, lightly ironic writing style to teasing the remarkable out of the mundane.” In @thebcreview.bsky.social, Theo Dombrowski reviews Ruth Ozeki’s new short story collection, “The Typing Lady” - thebcreview.ca/2026/06/12/g...

“The result is a narrative that is both haunting and defiantly triumphant.” In @brittlepaper.bsky.social, Amara Ujumadu reviews Oyinkan Braithwaite’s new novel, “Cursed Daughters” - brittlepaper.com/2026/06/the-...

“Charal is especially attuned to the power of taking what the majority says is shameful and declaring it as a source of pride.” In @fullstopmag.bsky.social, Amber Ruth Paulen reviews Kalyani Thakur Charal’s newly translated novella, “Andhar Bil” - www.full-stop.net/2026/06/08/r...

“The main characters’ backstories are lavishly constructed, chockfull of horrific incidents and tragic twists.” In @wirobooks.bsky.social, Alice Stephens reviews Kang Jiyoung’s newly translated novel, “Mrs. Shim Is a Killer” - www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/m...

2026 Women’s Prizes for Fiction and Non-Fiction winners announced - womensprize.com/announcing-t...

“‘Contrapposto’ is fundamentally a love story, and, as in the graceful asymmetry of its titular technique, there is loveliness in the union of two complementary opposites.” In @altajournal.bsky.social, Anna E. Clark reviews Dave Eggers’s new novel, “Contrapposto” - www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...

English author Julian Barnes has won the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature - www.fpa.es/en/princess-...

“The novel is, despite the ups and downs of campus life, and of life itself, justly optimistic.” In Harvard Review, Collin Mitchell reviews Brian Platzer’s new novel, “The Optimists” - www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...

“Vollmann’s documentarian sensibilities, foundational to his legitimate bid as our preeminent literary chronicler, are underscored by his tectonic imagination.” In @thebaffler.com, Michael Barron reviews William T. Vollmann’s new novel, “A Table for Fortune” - thebaffler.com/latest/you-w...

“Her poems reflect the influence slightly more of nineteenth-century established masters than of the poets of her own generation.” In @theartsfuse.bsky.social, Jim Kates reviews Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger’s newly translated poetry collection, “Song of Yellow Asters” - artsfuse.org/329851/poetr...

“Despite the melancholy nature of the novel, the exquisite prose conveys the depth of feeling and sense of place portrayed with such vivid detail.” In Buzz Magazine, Rhianon Holley reviews Bassem Khandaqji’s newly translated novel, “A Mask The Colour Of The Sky” - www.buzzmag.co.uk/mask-colour-...

“Behrman’s stories serve up hopeless situations, but the afterimage they leave is precisely the opposite.” In The Masters Review, Dawn Goulet reviews Hillary Behrman’s debut short story collection, “Lake Effect” - mastersreview.com/book-review-...

“Through the eyes of this fascinating antihero, Varfis-van Warmelo explores the lure of a fictional life over lived reality.” In Rain Taxi, Zara Karschay reviews Aea Varfis-van Warmelo’s debut novel, “Attention-Seeking Behavior” - raintaxi.com/attention-se...

“This is a truly glorious novel rife with the grief and loss of climate disaster and a deep love for humanity and our planet.” In The Brooklyn Rail, Yvonne C. Garrett reviews Deb Olin Unferth’s new novel, “Earth 7” - brooklynrail.org/2026/06/book...

“‘Twenty Minutes of Silence’ is an impressive example of what Bessette can do with form and language” In @wwborders.bsky.social, Hannah Weber reviews Hélène Bessette’s newly translated novel, “Twenty Minutes of Silence” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...

“The characters’ distinct perspectives overlap to build the world that is the novel. All are useful, all are partial, and none reverse the country’s losses.” In @newyorker.com, Katy Waldman reviews Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel, “Land” - www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

“‘Hunger and Thirst’ is an exploration of the lengths humans will go to in order to quench their hunger and thirst to belong.” In The Nerd Daily, Beth Mowbray reviews Claire Fuller’s new novel, “Hunger and Thirst” - thenerddaily.com/review-hunge...

“Hewison’s translation is fluent. As he renders it, Qandil’s prose is unfussy, but lush and sensory” In @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social, Rosie Milne reviews Mohamed Mansi Qandil’s newly translated novel, “The Country Doctor’s Tale” - asianreviewofbooks.com/the-country-...

“Stitch can move effortlessly from gritty noir to Dickensian comedy to postmodern fragmentation without losing tonal control.” In @popmatters.com, Reggie Chamberlain-King reviews Guillermo Stitch’s new novel, “The Coast of Everything” - www.popmatters.com/coast-of-eve...

“Kinski is in some respects the archetypal Myers character: a charismatic, morally compromised figure fully committed to the dangerous, life-altering power of art.” In @lrb.co.uk, Jon Day reviews Benjamin Myers’s new novel, “Jesus Christ Kinski” - www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“It may lack the narrative heft of ‘The Dutch House’ and ‘Bel Canto,’ but it scatters a similar fairy dust across its pages, delivering its pleasures with wit and panache.” In Chapter 16, Hamilton Cain reviews Ann Patchett’s new novel, “Whistler” - chapter16.org/chance-encou...

“One lurches, dizzied, from one stanza to the next, searching for the stability of a familiar reference, an unfractured sentence.” In @thenation.com, Sara Krolewski reviews Mattia Filice’s newly translated novel, “Driver” - www.thenation.com/article/cult...

“Ertz’s vision of 1985 is a curious mix of the dystopian and utopian, the steadfastly old-fashioned and futuristic” In @irishexaminer.bsky.social, Marjorie Brennan reviews Susan Ertz’s newly reissued novel, “Woman Alive” - www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

“It only makes sense that Schlesser writes so carefully about art, given his immersion in the subject and his pedagogical career.” In Reading in Translation, Kristen Hall-Geisler reviews Thomas Schlesser’s newly translated novel, “Mona’s Eyes” - readingintranslation.com/2026/05/18/t...

“Though these images are fleeting, they concisely capture glimpses of life shaped by larger forces.” In @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, Carrie Johnson reviews Yusef Komunyakaa’s and Lauren McClung’s book-length poem, “Trading Riffs to Slay Monsters” - rhinopoetry.org/reviews/yuse...

“What ‘Library of Brothel’ lacks in emotional intensity and intimacy, it makes up for with its inventiveness.” In @reviewcanada.bsky.social, Marisa Grizenko reviews Anakana Schofield’s new novel, “Library of Brothel” - reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...

“In this strange little gem, Waldrop captures that shining light and the shadows it illuminates with a powerful and understated magnificence.” In 4Columns, Eric Banks reviews Keith Waldrop’s fictional memoir, “Light While There Is Light” - 4columns.org/banks-eric/l...

“Gliff” by Ali Smith has won the 2026 Dublin Literary Award - www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

“An exploration into the secrets of the past and their unknown influence on the future, ‘Other People’s Children’ by Ben Faccini is a mesmerising novel.” In Buzz Magazine, Rhianon Holley reviews Ben Faccini’s new novel, “Other People’s Children” - www.buzzmag.co.uk/other-people...

“Set in the 1920s against the backdrop of the Sacco and Vanzetti trials, the atmosphere of ‘In the City’ is politically charged.” In @necessaryfiction.com, Gabrielle Stecher Woodward reviews Joan Silber’s newly reissued novel, “In the City” - necessaryfiction.com/reviews/in-t...

“Taiwan Travelogue” by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ has won the International Booker Prize 2026 - thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

“Despite the heavy emotional burden shouldered by both characters, their humanity keeps them afloat as they seek a way forward.” In The Korea Times, Emerald Gao reviews Cho Yeeun’s newly translated novel, “Shift” - www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/bo...

“What makes ‘The Minister’ special is the fact that it testifies to Montenegrin history and culture while also being entertaining” In @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Cory Oldweiler reviews Stefan Bošković’s newly translated novel, “The Minister” - lareviewofbooks.org/article/mini...