Reviews – Bronwyn Averett

Review: Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

Afia Atakora’s debut novel, set in the rural South, in the immediate aftermath of the Civil…

When Lena Johnson is invited to participate in a research study that will pay all her…

I had the great pleasure of reviewing Jana Beňová’s award-winning novella Seeing People Off a couple…

There’s no need to introduce Jane Yolen, writer of children’s and young adult books whose name…

Any book prefacing itself with the claim that “to understand this novel, readers must listen to…

A wholly engrossing, impressive debut by a writer who has taken the force of multiple influences…

Set in the world of violent conflict arising from divisive attempts by sectarian splinter groups to…

Erika Swyler’s first novel The Book of Speculation has a lot of things to recommend it:…

It is nearly too perfect that the French word genre denotes both literary genre and gender. For if Scott…

Guys, we need to talk about Leena Krohn. As a longtime fan of Tove Jansson (creator…