With July comes the realisation that we’re already over half way through the year, and I for one am woefully behind on my TBR target! But the release schedule waits for nobody, and we’ve assembled a stellar list of brand … Continue reading Plot Girl Summer – July’s Best New Fiction
A/S/L – internet shorthand for Age/Sex/Location – is an emotionally compelling, and narratively unique look at the lives of three trans friends: Lillith, Sash, and Abraxa. Continue reading Queer Friendship & 90’s Videogames — A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton Book Review
Sim Kern’s new book jumps out at you from any shelf: fluorescent orange and cobalt blue adorn the cover in a wrap-around blueprint pattern, and the words “GENOCIDE BAD” dominate the front. But on social media, Kern’s popular — even often viral — TikToks are carefully captioned to evade algorithmic censorship. “GWORD BAD” is Continue reading A Unique, Important Tool for Education – Genocide Bad by Sim Kern Book Review
The Literary Role-Playing Game (Lit-RPG) genre has taken the indie publishing world by storm over the last decade. But to the average reader, the term may be a head scratcher; it isn’t a reinvention of the choose-your-own-adventure novel, nor is it interactive fiction. Continue reading Dungeon Crawler Carl – The Lit-RPG Masterpiece That Defined A Genre
Whilst we’ve all got our fingers crossed for more sunshine this July, one thing we don’t have to cross our fingers for is a good book. July is coming in hot with indie fiction for every taste! We’ve got wild … Continue reading New Indie Fiction Books Out This July
Happy Pride Month! This year has been a big one for LGBTQIA+ releases so far – and we’re only half way through. We’ve already shared our top queer fiction and poetry for 2024, but we’re back to give the graphic … Continue reading New LGBTQIA+ Graphic Novels To Read This Pride Month
Brush off your hiking boots, pack your bags and take my hand, because we’re going on a journey! Well, maybe not a literal one, but we are going to be exploring the world through some very special translated fiction coming … Continue reading Travel The World With February’s Translated Fiction
Shakespeare, queer vampires, multi-verse punk rockers, and a dog scheming to take over his owner’s life…. this is just the selection of the brilliant madness you’ll find in our fave graphic novels of the year! Our publishers have truly pulled … Continue reading Turnaround Staff Picks: Graphic Novels 2023
October marks an important time in our calendars. It might mean the start of soup season, the looming threat of publishing’s “super Thursday” in the middle, and the spooky fun of Halloween to book-end the month. But what is actually … Continue reading Black Voices in Fiction & Poetry: 10 Essential Reads from 2023
Calling all kids booksellers, readers and parents! We are excited to reveal that we have been working on something very special over the past few weeks and today is finally the launch of our new Turnaround Kids newsletter! Read our … Continue reading Your One Stop Shop For Children’s Books: Turnaround Kids Newsletter!
