'Better one day in London than a thousand years with the sheep' says a character in Amanda Craig's new novel - and he's (half) Jewish. But does he represent a truthful stereotype?
By Amanda Craig
Owen Lowery reviews two collections of poetry
By Owen Lowery
Peter Lawson reviews four recent verse collections
By Peter Lawson
Jonathan Dean grew up in leafy Surrey, but his grandfather and great-grandfather were refugees. His new book delves into his family history of migration and persecution.
By Jennifer Lipman
Angela Kiverstein's monthly round up of children's books
By Angela Kiverstein
Victor Klemperer's diary of Munich in 1919 is a dramatic, insightful and chilling account of the roots of the Second World War, says Julia Neuberger
By Julia Neuberger
There aren't quite as many Jews in Francesca Segal's second novel as her first, but Jennifer Lipman still finds plenty that's familiar
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He writes books for adults and children, television and plays. "It’s nice to be writing after 47 books and realising I’m not drying up, I’m getting better,” Anthony Horowitz tells Angela Kiverstein.
Two very different novels, both about secrets and betrayal.
By David Herman
Anne Garvey enjoys an electrifying feminist tale of the future
By Anne Garvey
With Might and Strength — An Autobiography By Rabbi Shlomo Goren, edited by Avi Rath Maggid, $29.95
By Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer
Francesca Segal was garlanded with praise and awards for her first book, The Innocents, set in Jewish north-west London. Her second is slightly less Jewish, she tells Jessica Weinstein.
By Jessica Weinstein
Howard Cooper enjoys Rabbi Jonathan Romain's memoir
By howard cooper
Jenni Frazer did not warm to Joel Dicker's new novel The Baltimore Boys
By Jenni Frazer
A quick primer on two of the big Man Booker International prize tips
By JC Reporter
It is 70 years since the publication of Primo Levi’s If This Is A Man — ahead of a planned live reading of the book, AL Kennedy reflects on its impact
By AL Kennedy