‘Klein’s book also tells us that fear is a trap; what we cannot push away, into a shadow self, we must integrate instead, learning uncomfortable truths about ourselves in the process. What if we stop seeing the doppelganger as the enemy, and start thinking of them as a part of ourselves, gone rogue after years of being neglected and ignored?’

Roisin Kiberd Criticism 13th June 2024

New fiction explores existential longing with K-pop and cephalopods.

Roisin Kiberd Criticism 25th October 2023

Alice Bolin's debut collection examines the American obsession with dead girls, looking for the truth about their killers, and their self-proclaimed saviours.

Roisin Kiberd Criticism 19th November 2018

Olivia Sudjic's debut novel recognises online life as an active and creative culture. Like personal writing, its emotional highs and ominous shortcomings are tied up in an all-consuming act of self-fashioning.

Roisin Kiberd Criticism 23rd August 2017