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Jessie Betts

Jessie Betts

It’s a Fitzcarraldo Spring: New Releases from Polly Barton and Dorothy Tse

It’s a Fitzcarraldo Spring: New Releases from Polly Barton and Dorothy Tse

I read two of the newest releases from one of the UK’s leading indie publishers, Fitzcarraldo, and found two new treats that are already among my favourites of the year
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Six books to read for International Women’s Day

Six books to read for International Women’s Day

Women’s writing has always been at the forefront of narrative and genre innovation, and here are six books that prove just that
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Do we still need the Booker Prize?

Do we still need the Booker Prize?

The Booker Prize has been around since 1969, and with the 2025 Booker winner just being announced, let’s take a look at its position in the modern literary world
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A writing workshop with Lily Dunn

A writing workshop with Lily Dunn

On a cold Autumn morning, I attended a writing workshop with author Lily Dunn, putting the advice in her book Into Being to good use
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Jung Chang at Manchester Literature Festival

Jung Chang at Manchester Literature Festival

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Jung Chang is back with Fly, Wild Swans; a follow-up to 1991’s monumental Wild Swans. She attended Manchester Literature Festival to discuss the book, and her family histories, with Erica Wagner
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Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights will be terrible

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights will be terrible

Emerald Fennell’s upcoming Wuthering Heights adaptation will be a terrible, superficial adaptation with no reverence for its source material
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Five gentle books to ease you into Semester one

Five gentle books to ease you into Semester one

Here are five gentle reads to guide you through the beginning of a new semester.
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Ali Smith’s Gliff: Language, surveillance, and a horse

Ali Smith’s Gliff: Language, surveillance, and a horse

Ali Smith’s latest novel and modern dystopia, Gliff, unlocks more than just a fear of surveillance and silencing
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BookTok is killing your curiosity

BookTok is killing your curiosity

BookTok is doing the thinking for us, and ruining our curiosity in the process
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“A Love Letter to Manchester”: In conversation with David Peace

“A Love Letter to Manchester”: In conversation with David Peace

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In light of his novel Munichs being shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, I sat down with David Peace to discuss writing and his love for Manchester
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Sally Rooney books ranked: Our literary megastar

Sally Rooney books ranked: Our literary megastar

In light of the recent publication of Intermezzo, let’s take a look at every Sally Rooney novel and see how they each stack up against each other
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David Peace at Manchester Literature Festival: More than just a football novel

David Peace at Manchester Literature Festival: More than just a football novel

David Peace came to HOME to discuss Munichs, his fictional dramatisation of the 1958 Munich plane crash that killed twenty-three people
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