BOOKS

This November, the Cambridge Literary Festival returns to present a packed programme of events over two days and in two venues. As this National Year of Reading draws to a...

Snuggle up with our pick of the best cosy winter books – from new releases to timeless tales. Shorter days, darker evenings and chillier weather all call for one thing:...

First published as part of a collection in 1998, A.S. Byatt’s Cold is an exquisite jewel of a fairytale. Cambridge Edition writer Charlotte Griffiths shares her review. First published as...

A follow-up to her first novel, Roisin Maguire’s Snow Birds explores the joy in unexpected connection. Cambridge Edition writer Charlotte Griffiths shares her review. Grace Kielty is annoyed. Her quiet, rural...

A perfect self-contained domestic drama that plays out over winter: Cambridge Edition writer Charlotte Griffiths shares her review of Solace in Winter, a new historical fiction novel by Mary Lawson....

Chilling and unforgettably haunting: Cambridge Edition writer Charlotte Griffiths shares her review of Hunger & Thirst, a new horror novel by Claire Fuller. It’s early 1987 and Ursula is 16,...

Visceral, shocking, raw: Cambridge Edition writer Charlotte Griffiths shares her review of The Lamb, a new contemporary folk horror novel by Lucy Rose. Occasionally a book resets the bar for...

Darker Days is a chilling new folk horror novel from the Hugo Award-winning author of HEX, Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Here, Cambridge Edition writer Charlotte Griffiths shares her review. Everything always...

Charlotte Griffiths selects some iconic reads to see out the summer The Odyssey by Emily Wilson You’ve seen the blockbuster… now read the book! This is the most recent translation...

As the school holidays begin, Charlotte Griffiths recommends some brand-new books for young adults Your Favourite Fake Girlfriend by Bea Ingalls It’ll hardly be a surprise to learn that this...