'McSweeney’s 30,' review of 'McSweeney's Quarterly Concern,' published in the New Statesman, 25 June, 2009
'Somewhere not here,' review of Toby Litt's 'Journey into Space,' published in the New Statesman 16 April, 2009
'Tsars in their eyes,' review of Boris Akunin's 'The Coronation,' published in the New Statesman, 19 February, 2009
'Mad about the boy,' review of Jill Dawson's 'The Great Lover,' published in the New Statesman, 5 February, 2009
'Sao Paulo: the brand,' review of James Scudamore's 'Heliopolis,' published in the New Statesman, 29 January, 2009
'Deadly serious,' review of PD James' 'The Private Patient,' published in the New Statesman, 1 August, 2008