TOAST Magazine

Book Club

Monthly book reviews on the novels we’ve enjoyed. Join in the conversation and become part of our online book club.
A Modern Day Fairy Tale | Book Club

Jen Campbell on the history of fairy tales and her own collection of fourteen gruesome tales.

1 year ago
Reading in Pairs | Book Club

Jen Campbell suggests a selection of books best read together.

1 year ago
Breakfast with... Natasha Brown

Jo Rodgers meets the London-based writer to discuss her debut novel, Assembly.

1 year ago
Summer Reading | Book Club

This month, Jen Campbell selects her favourite new and recently released fiction.

1 year ago
The Clifden Bookshop | TOAST Book Club

Máire O’Halloran and Nicole Shanahan on their independent literary haven in the region of Connemara, Ireland

1 year ago
Rough Trade Editions x Garden Museum | Book Club

Jen Campbell explores four new pamphlets examining the radical potential of gardening.

1 year ago
The Art of Literary Translation with Polly Barton | Book Club

Jen Campbell interviews the author and translator of Japanese fiction.

1 year ago
Look At This If You Love Great Art | Book Club

Chloë Ashby on her new book exploring 100 artworks she admires.

1 year ago
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the latest novel from the award-winning author.

1 year ago
Finding Rhythm in Translation | Tilted Axis Press

Jen Campbell speaks to publisher and translator Deborah Smith for TOAST Book Club.

2 years ago
Jen Campbell's Best Books of 2020

A roundup of fiction and nonfiction favourites for 2020.

2 years ago
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews this reinvention of Victorian gothic fiction for TOAST Book Club.

2 years ago
A Roundup of Gripping Thrillers | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the latest crime fiction and thrillers for TOAST Book Club.

2 years ago
Summer by Ali Smith | Book Club

Author Jen Campbell reviews

2 years ago
Women's Prize for Fiction | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the shortlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020.

2 years ago
Wanderland by Jini Reddy | Book Club

Author Jen Campbell reviews

2 years ago
An Interview with Amanda Craig | Author of The Golden Rule

Two strangers meet on the London to Penzance train

2 years ago
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo | Book Club

The interconnected stories of twelve women.

2 years ago
Dark, Salt, Clear | Life in a Cornish Fishing Town

A lyrical account of Cornwall by Lamorna Ash.

2 years ago
Meet the Author of The Dutch House

An interview with Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House.

2 years ago
Tracy Chevalier | TOAST Book Club

Jen Campbell delves into the author's back catalogue.

2 years ago
An Interview with Tayari Jones

We interview the author of Silver Sparrow and An American Marriage.

2 years ago
A Short Q&A with Sally Rooney

We ask the author of Normal People about her influences and inspirations.

2 years ago
Books to Read in Isolation

From Emily Dickinson to Virginia Woolf and Joan Didion.

3 years ago