Stuart Kelly

Set during the Second World War, Richard Strachan’s latest novel is a heady mixture of gallows humour and poetic invocations on the natural world, writes Stuart Kelly

In this thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of the concept of wilderness, Cal Flyn proves herself adept at both nature writing and social anthropology, writes Stuart Kelly

Telling the story of a New Orleans woman who leaves her abusive husband and runs away to Mexico with “a crew of degenerate filmmakers”, this dystopian novel puts the vile into juvenile, writes Stuart Kelly

Telling the story of a New Orleans woman who leaves her abusive husband and runs away to Mexico with “a crew of degenerate filmmakers”, this dystopian novel puts the vile into juvenile, writes Stuart Kelly

The latest romantasy novel from Scottish author Hazel McBride reads a lot like some of the work that inspired it, writes Stuart Kelly

This collaboration between illustrator Jackie Morris and nature writer Robert Macfarlane is a magnificent achievement, writes Stuart Kelly

It may be billed as a ‘thrilling feminist historical novel’, but some of the plot contrivances in Kate Foster’s new book are too tenuous to be convincing, writes Stuart Kelly

Silence: A Literary History Kate McLoughlin OUP, pp.720, 30 This is the kind of book I wish I had the chance to sit down and discuss with the author.

Sara Sheridan’s latest novel finds the multi-talented Araminta McKenzie-Moore embarking on a treasure hunt through the streets of 19th century Edinburgh. Review by Stuart Kelly

This modern-day spin on the locked-room mystery doesn’t compare favourably with the classics of the sub-genre, writes Stuart Kelly