Image of cover of book A Single Witness by Christine Balint, reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.

CHRISTINE BALINT A Single Witness. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 14 May 2026 | Fiction | 0 Comments

Christine Balint’s fourth novel takes inspiration from the courage of a teenage girl in a real-life criminal case in 18th-century Italy. ‘It takes seven women to make a single witness.’ Old Venetian Proverb. Anna Maria did not have seven women to turn to for proof,...

Image of cover of book Seek the Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth, reviewed by Robert Goodman in the Newtown Review of Books.

VERONICA ROTH Seek the Traitor’s Son

by NRB | 12 May 2026 | Fiction, SFF | 0 Comments

Set in a future Earth, the first instalment of Veronica Roth’s new science-fiction series imagines the consequences of alien gifts. Veronica Roth is probably best known as the author of the popular YA-pitched Divergent series (and the not-as-popular movie series...

Image of cover of book Cast Away by Francesca de Tores, reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.

FRANCESCA DE TORES Cast Away. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 7 May 2026 | Fiction | 1 Comment

The new novel from the author of Saltblood again traverses the high seas, this time inspired by a real-life Scottish adventurer. When they leave me on the island, I do not scruple to beg. I chase the last boat into the bay, wading and shouting, ‘Sir, sir, mercy, have...

Image of cover of book The Secret Landscapes by Clara Brack, reviewed by Sandra Hogan in the Newtown Review of Books.

CLARA BRACK The Secret Landscapes: On not pleasing your mother. Reviewed by Sandra Hogan

by NRB | 5 May 2026 | Non-fiction | 0 Comments

Clara Brack finds her own voice in exploring the differences between her parents' lives as artists and their lives as parents. The artists John Brack and Helen Maudsley both defied their mothers – he when he chose to be an artist and she when she chose to marry one....

Image of cover of book London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe, reviewed by Naomi Manuell in the Newtown Review of Books.

PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE London Falling. Reviewed by Naomi Manuell

by NRB | 30 April 2026 | Non-fiction | 0 Comments

The award-winning author investigates the mysterious death of a teenage boy in London, and uncovers the dark side of the city itself. Patrick Radden Keefe's books are so deeply researched, and his storytelling so compelling, that readers might feel they are in the...