Alex Rayner, an English journalist

Caitlin Moran piece in Q

My feature interview with Caitlin Moran appears in this month's Q magazine.

New Bookslam podcast

from the Gill Scot-Heron night. I do the interviews with Astro and Kate Tempest. Clicky here.

Clemens Meyer review in the Guardian

My review of Clemens Meyer's All the Lights short-story collection appeared in the Guardian recently. The online comments chided me for not mentioning the name of the translator (Meyer is German). Katy Derbyshire translated the collection, and you can read all about her here.

Go to my review by clicking here.

Reviews, interviews

My review of Javier Marías' 'While the Women are Sleeping' appeared in the Saturday Guardian's review section a couple of weeks back. My interview with Sapphire, author of 'Precious' can be heard on the latest Bookslam podcast. Click here for more.

Belated October mentions

My reviews of Ben Myers' Richard and Armistead Maupin's Mary Ann in Autumn appeared in the Saturday Guardian's review section on Oct 8. Also, my interviews with Hari Kunzru and Joe Dunthorne are in the current Bookslam podcast. The Guardian reviews aren't online, but you can hear the podcast here. Happy All Saints Day.

Reviews in the Saturday Guardian

My reviews of Simon Lilec's The Facility and Sunjeev Sahota's Ours are the Streets appeared in the Saturday edition of the Guardian.

Couple of Guardian book reviews

My reviews of Neil Butler's The Roost and Jonathan Buckley's Telescope appeared in the paper recently. You can find them both here.

Couple of paperback reviews in yesterday's Guardian

You can read review of Simon Rich's Elliot Allagash here and my review of The Caine Prize for African Writing 2011 here. Cheers!

New Bookslam podcast: Mohsin Hamid, Shane Solanki

You can hear me interview Booker-shortlisted author Mohsin Hamid about his first novel, Moth Smoke, and performance poet Shane Solanki in this, the latest edition of the Bookslam podcast. Patrick and Elliot do the chat and introductions. Clicky here.

New Bookslam podcast

I talk to Hanif Kureishi and Will Self in this edition of the London literary night club's podcast. Listen to it by clicking here.