Paperback fiction published in January 2023 Archives

Paperbacks to Look Out For in January 2023: Part Two

Unusually for me, I’ve read just two of the second batch of January paperbacks. I put up my hand for Neel Patel’s Tell Me How to Be in response to the heartfelt, very personal enthusiasm of its editor. There’s such a difference between that and the hype that so often puts me off. Patel’s debut […]

Cover image for Groundskeeping by Lee Cole

Paperbacks to Look Out For in January 2023: Part One

19 December 2022 / 18 Comments

A few of my 2022 favourites are published in paperback in January the first of which is Lee Cole’s quietly accomplished Groundskeeping which follows Owen who’s working as a groundskeeper in order to pay for his writing course. At a college party he meets Alma, the writer in residence, younger than him but with a

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