Please note this article contains spoilers for This Bright Life. This Bright Life is the latest novel from Scottish author Karen Campbell.  The Saltire Awards 2025 shortlisted novel was published i…

At the start of 2023, I had the opportunity to contribute to Poor Things: A Novel Guide, an exciting project from The Alasdair Gray Archive. The project is a celebration of Alasdair Gray’s wo…

Explore our collection of new and upcoming releases from Faber for October to December 2025.

This summer I had the chance to attend the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I've been numerous times over the years but this time was my first with a media/ press pass. With this golden ticket, I was able to take in some wonderous events. This has truly been a highlight of my bookish journey so far and one of my favourite things to come from my writing as The Paperback Psychologist.

Thank you so much for the nominations for Creative Excellence and the Book Blogger of the Year for the UK Book Blogger Awards 2025. I pride myself on trying to bring something different to the book review and blogging community - combining my love of psychology and books. I love taking a deep dive into well written books and complex characters, writing up a psychological formulation as a snap shot of what makes them who they are.

Explore the lives and work of the 'Two Roberts'

A giant of Scottish fiction, Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh, was released in 1993. It tells the story of Mark Renton and his friends in 1980s Edinburgh as they navigate through heroin addiction, vio…

I wouldn’t consider myself the quickest of readers.  I rarely read a book these days without my pen and notebook to hand, ready to note down anything significant that could be relevant for a p…