“Life is far too amazing and magical to play small” Our Spring issue was illustrated by the brilliant and hugely talented Dorien Brouwers. NB’s Designer, Rob Garraway, was delighted to speak to Dorien about her inspiration, her latest book, and her recommended reads. 1) What inspired you to write SAIL? Life, I suppose, and all ...

This Spring, we are delighted to include Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times is our Featured Recommendation. Alice was lucky enough to ask Naoise about the novel and her writing process. Here is an extract of the interview… (to read the full interview, subscribe to NB Magazine). What was the initial inspiration for Exciting times, and when ...

This year saw the end of copyright on one of the most iconic works of twentieth century American literature, The Great Gatsby. Although, it wasn’t well received or understood in 1925 when first published. Like all great books though it’s struck a chord with readers down the decades since, and, perhaps, has meant different things ...

We are delighted to present NB’s Recommendation for the month of February: the chilling and atmospheric Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse. To kick off our month-long celebration of The Sanatorium (we’ll be posting every Friday, so keep your eyes peeled) Paul Burke spoke to Sarah Pearse about the inspiration behind her outstanding debut. Questions by Paul ...

At first, I wrongly suspected a touch of Bridget Jones themes with academic undertones in this novel.  However, the author has a crafted a completely different style that engages excellently with the sometimes over used theme of ‘single woman is dumped and then life spirals out of control.’ But where others have failed often appallingly ...