Literary Review #547
210 x 280 mm, 80 pages
London, UK
Published monthly
Editor: Nancy Sladek
Founding editor: Dr Anne Smith
Cover illustration: Chris Riddell
The latest fiction, poetry, history, biography and memoir reviewed—this is the December 2025/January 2026 issue, leading with Joanna Kavenna on the complete notebooks of Albert Camus.
Literary Review was founded in Edinburgh in 1979 by Dr Anne Smith, head of the English Department at Edinburgh University. She wanted to create a lively, intelligent literary magazine for people who love reading but shudder at academic and intellectual jargon. The iconic covers have been illustrated since 1997 by Chris Riddell, who was made Children’s Laureate in 2015.
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