Three packed shelves of books

State of the TBR - March 2026, chock-full of wonderful independent publishers #ReadIndies librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/s... #booksky 💙📚

Two Recent Reads: from Taiwan and South Korea I’m continuing the theme of #ReadIndies and the Far East, with two more books from independent publishers and from my favourite part of the world. They couldn’t be more different in sty…

‘In the very comprehensive and helpful translator’s afterword, we find out more about Qiu Miaojin, who was considered a bit of a prodigy in Taiwanese literature and a cult figure in queer literature…’

Two brilliant reviews for #ReadIndies
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Mr Bosch and His Owls by Cath Barton #ReadIndies @AtomicBohemian ‘This book is sure to leave you peering more closely at owls and art around you.’ – DeAnn Bell, author of Yule Moon (DLG Publishing) ©️Janet-LoveBooksReadBooks Book blurb ‘Mr Bosch a…

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Mr Bosch and His Owls by Cath Barton #ReadIndies @AtomicBohemian ‘This book is sure to leave you peering more closely at owls and art around you.’ – DeAnn Bell, author of Yule Moon (DLG Publishing) ©️Janet-LoveBooksReadBooks Book blurb ‘Mr Bosch a…

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Mr Bosch and His Owls by Cath Barton #ReadIndies @AtomicBohemian ‘This book is sure to leave you peering more closely at owls and art around you.’ – DeAnn Bell, author of Yule Moon (DLG Publishing) ©️Janet-LoveBooksReadBooks Book blurb ‘Mr Bosch a…

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Reading Independent Publishers Month 2026 This page is to collect together all of the reviews of books published by Independent Publishers during #readindies month 2026! Please do let me know about your posts in the comments below and I wi…

February and Reading Independent Publishers Month #ReadIndies are over, but we should be reading and supporting independent presses all year round. If you want some ideas of what to read next, check out my page with a massive amount of links! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/reading-inde...

Review by sarahmatthews - Perfection Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico Tr. Sophie Roberts Read on audioNarrator: Sophie HughesFitzc...

I’ve written a few thoughts on Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, 2022, tr. Sophie Roberts. A brilliant critique of the Instagram generation, it’s endlessly quotable, I loved it! 💙📚 #BookSky #BookReview #ReadIndies app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1e5bf325-0a66-4e...

Tea on Sunday by Lettice Cooper While the British novelist and campaigner Lettice Cooper is probably best known for her literary novels, such as National Provincial (1938) and The New House (1936), both in print with Persephone B…

"It was a dead failure, their marriage, a mistake; it couldn’t possibly last and he would be glad to be out of it—only the rest of life would be so horribly dull without her." #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies #CrimeFiction

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February – a marvellous month of #ReadIndies! February has been quite a month, and I have so enjoyed hosting Reading Independent Publishers Month. This is the sixth time the event has taken place, and I missed having my lovely co-host Lizzy th…

It's the last day of #ReadIndies month, and I share my February reads here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/f... Don't forget to leave a comment and share your own reads!

“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.” #readindies #thewasteland My final book for #ReadIndies is from a publisher who’s a huge favourite of mine, and I did wonder if I would get it finished in time as it’s a bit of a chunkster! Fortunately, I embark…

On the Ramblings today, my last review for #ReadIndies, and it's a chunkster - a stunning book about the composition of #thewasteland from @faberbooks.bsky.social - more here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/i...

Tea on Sunday by Lettice Cooper While the British novelist and campaigner Lettice Cooper is probably best known for her literary novels, such as National Provincial (1938) and The New House (1936), both in print with Persephone B…

"She was, they all agreed, a woman who could be irritating sometimes, but whom nobody would want to murder. But somebody had wanted to murder her—from fear of something she knew? For something they hoped to inherit? #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies

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“Everything amazes me when I go back to the past.” (Banine, Days in the Caucasus) “We all know families who are poor but ‘respectable’. Mine, in contrast, was extremely rich but not ‘respectable’ at all.” I don’t often write about memoir on the blog, but Days in the Caucasus by …

Today on the blog, a memoir and my final read for #ReadIndies “Everything amazes me when I go back to the past.” (Banine, Days in the Caucasus) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/02/26/e...

Tea on Sunday by Lettice Cooper While the British novelist and campaigner Lettice Cooper is probably best known for her literary novels, such as National Provincial (1938) and The New House (1936), both in print with Persephone B…

New on the blog today for #ReadIndies, I've written about TEA ON SUNDAY by Lettice Cooper.

A very enjoyable 'closed circle' style whodunnit in which an elderly woman is bumped off in the run-up to her tea party on Sunday afternoon. #BookSky 💙📚 #CrimeFiction

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“I love a dedicated second-hand bookshop as much as the next collector.” #parisfantastique #readindies Confingo Publishing is an indie press based in Manchester, and they have an intriguing list of titles on their books. They’ve appeared on the Ramblings before as they issue Dave Haslam’…

On the Ramblings today for #ReadIndies, a stunning short story collection by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social from @confingopublishing.bsky.social "Paris Fantastique" - so good! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/i...

The Rarest Fruit by Gaёlle Bélem translated by Karen Fleetwood and Laetitia Saint-Loubert, published by Bullaun Press. I’ve got a faible for Bullaun Press, an Irish independent press publishing literature in translation. I’ve reviewed several of their books here on Peak Reads (Forgottenness, Without Waking Up, What…

Find out all about the gorgeous vanilla plant in this fascinating book from @bullaunpress.bsky.social #readindies peakreads.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/t...

An excellent resource for #ReadIndies! 😊

“… stay under the radar.” #readindies #corylusbooks I’m happy to be able to share my thoughts today on a book from a really interesting indie press – Corylus Books. As I mentioned when I reviewed another title they released, “Black…

It's the last week of #ReadIndies and on the blog I share my thoughts on a gripping political thriller from @corylusbooks.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/s...

Freezing Point by Anders Bodelsen (tr. Joan Tate) First published in Danish in 1969, Freezing Point is another thrilling entry in the Faber Editions series, an expertly curated selection of rediscovered gems dedicated to showcasing radical literar…

“Did I get them back?”

“You got another pair when we found ourselves in the opposite situation – we had progressed to the synthetic computerised kidney and suddenly found ourselves with a kidney surplus.” #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies

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Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Chekhov and Andreyev by Maxim Gorky, translated from the Russian by Bryan Karetnyk It was the name Tolstoy that drew my attention to this title. I read War and Peace as a young person and it’s one of the great works of world literature that I often think about rereading. This edi…

I read this book for #readindies in fabulous translation by @bskaret.bsky.social peakreads.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/r...

Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf #ReadIndies Renard Press Book blurb First published in 1921 as part of her ground-breaking short-story collection Monday or Tuesday, Kew Gardens follows the thoughts of a set of characters walki…

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The high life: #ReadIndies Grand Hotel Kronenhof, Pontresina, Switzerland, in the 1920s. The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig. Rausch der Verwandlung (‘The Intoxication of Transformation’, 1982) translated by Joe…

'The Post Office Girl' (Rausch der Verwandlung) by #StefanZweig reviewed for #ReadIndies.
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“The thought had flashed through his mind that he might not be the most eccentric person on the train.” #readindies #pushkinpress For me, February is of course Reading Independent Publishers month and all the books I share will be from indie presses of all kinds. However, it’s also Hungarian Literature Month, hosted by …

On the Ramblings today, a book which qualifies for #ReadIndies and #HungarianLitMonth - "Love in a Bottle" by Antal Szerb from @pushkinpress.com - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/20/t...

#ReadIndies and #HungarianLitMonth: Metropole Ferenc Karinthy: Metropole, transl. George Szirtes, Telegram Books, 2007. The book was originally published in 1970 in Hungary but needed over 35 years to get translated and published by a literary…

The city spread over a plain into distances further than the eye could see. Whichever way he turned there was no end to it, nothing but houses and apartment blocks, streets, squares, towers, old and new quarters...
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“…poets are the greatest of all lovers.” #readindies #michaelwalmer Today I want to share my thoughts on another book from Michael Walmer; my last post was on one of his older titles, but today’s is on a brand new release, and an interesting one at that! The …

#ReadIndies continues all month, and today I share my thoughts on a haunting tale of obsession, reissued by @mikewalmer.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/p...

The Hunger of Women by Marosia Castaldi translated from the Italian by Jamie Richards Rosa, the protagonist of this novel, likes to cook. At the start of this first person narrative she makes simple (by Italian standards) meals for her daughter, and neighbour, Tina. We learn she’s r…

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#ReadIndies and #HungarianLitMonth: Metropole Ferenc Karinthy: Metropole, transl. George Szirtes, Telegram Books, 2007. The book was originally published in 1970 in Hungary but needed over 35 years to get translated and published by a literary…

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#ReadIndies and #HungarianLitMonth: Metropole Ferenc Karinthy: Metropole, transl. George Szirtes, Telegram Books, 2007. The book was originally published in 1970 in Hungary but needed over 35 years to get translated and published by a literary…

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#ReadIndies: Some Corylus Books Recommendations I think @lizzysiddal and @kaggsy59 have such a fabulous initiative to make February a #ReadIndies month, since small indie publishers are always struggling to make their titles more visible in such…

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