Here is a list of my published journalism. If you would like a copy of a review or article, please email contact@frankegerton.com.
Oxford Times, 1995-1998
The facts of life, Patrick Gale
Incidents in the Rue Laugier, Anita Brookner
The double tongue, William Golding
Death in a small town, John Hedges
Jack and Frances: the love letters of John Cowper Powys to Frances Gregg, v.1, ed. Oliver and Christopher Wilkinson
The Rose Revived, Katie Fforde
The Moor's last sigh, Salman Rushdie
The magistrate's tale, Nora Naish
Pottery, people and time: a workshop in action, Alan Caiger-Smith
Old scores, Frederic Raphael
Cross channel, Julian Barnes
Last orders, Graham Swift
Children of darkness and light, Nicholas Mosley
Seesaw, Deborah Moggach
The mystic leeway, Frances Gregg
The woman who walked into doors, Roddy Doyle
Babel tower, AS Byatt
Feet of clay: a study of gurus, Anthony Storr
Down by the river, Edna O'Brien
Milton in America, Peter Ackroyd
Victorian love stories: an Oxford anthology, ed. Kate Flint
A hand at the shutter, Francis King
Original bliss, AL Kennedy
Op. non cit.: four tales, Alan Isle
Jack and Frances: the love letters of John Cowper Powys and Frances Gregg, v.2, ed. Oliver and Christopher Wilkinson
In a land of plenty, Tim Pears
A skin diary, John Fuller
In desolate heaven, Robert Edric
Jack Maggs, Peter Carey
Tree surgery for beginners, Patrick Gale
Interviews
Redmond O'Hanlon, Congo journey
Ian McEwan, Enduring love
Martin Amis, Night train
Book choice of the year
1996: Babel tower, Victorian love stories, Children of darkness and light
1997: Enduring love, Congo journey, In a land of plenty
2003
Feature: Reading books at the touch of a button
Times Literary Supplement, 1996-2004
Tales out of school, Benjamin Taylor
Miles and Flora: a sequel to Henry James's "The turn of the screw", Hilary Bailey
Paddling to Jerusalem, David Aaronovitch
Blood washes blood, Frank Viviano
She moves through the boom, Ann Marie Houríhane
Adventures of a no name actor, Marco Perella
Voyages of delusion, Glyn Williams
Star dust falling, Jay Rayner
Electroboy, Andy Behrman
Over the hills and far away, Candida Lycett Green
Samurai William, Giles Milton
Between mountains, Maggie Helwig
Evening Standard, 1997-1998
Richard Brinsley Sheridan: a life, Linda Kelly
Armadillo, William Boyd
Master Georgie, Beryl Bainbridge
Financial Times, 1998-2001
The everlasting story of Nory, Nicholson Baker
Model behaviour, Jay McInerney
Blast from the past, Ben Elton
By design, Richard E Grant
The man on platform 5, Robert Llewellyn
The museum guard, Howard Norman
The wishing game, Patrick Redmond
The sword cabinet, Robert Edric
The lightning cage, Alan Wall
All quiet on the Orient Express, Magnus Mills
Five miles from outer hope, Nicola Barker
A revolution of the sun, Tim Pears
Mirage, Bandula Chandraratna
Black cat, Martyn Bedford
The Bay of Angels, Anita Brookner
Plowing the dark, Richard Powers
The Leto bundle, Marina Warner
A son of war, Melvyn Bragg
Little green man, Simon Armitage
Final demand, Deborah Moggach
Literary Review, 1998-1999
Gravity, Erica Wagner
Our fathers, Andrew O'Hagan
Spectator, 1999-2001
Inconceivable, Ben Elton
Under the skin, Michel Faber
The puppet show, Patrick Redmond
The gingerbread woman, Jennifer Johnston
Kate Caterina, William Rivière
Three to see the king, Magnus Mills
Oxford Writer, 2001-
Various reports on Writers in Oxford events (including talks by Val Cunningham and David Fickling), articles about the WiO introducers scheme for the Oxford Literary Festival and an obituary of Richard Symonds
Times, 2002-
Dead air, Iain Banks
Behindlings, Nicola Barker
Lettice Delmer, Susan Miles
The cave, José Saramago
The gift, David Flusfeder
China, Alan Wall
Crossing the lines, Melvyn Bragg
The white stuff, Simon Armitage
The queen of the south, Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Oh play that thing, Roddy Doyle
Love is strange, Joseph Connolly
The killing jar, Nicola Monaghan
Tourism, Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal
A blow to the heart, Marcel Theroux
Thirteen moons, Charles Frazier
Fresh, Mark McNay
Call it tender, John Saul
Third class superhero, Charles Yu
This age we’re living in, David Wilson
Remember Me, Melvyn Bragg
Hot holiday reading selection, summer 2003: A sweet obscurity, Patrick Gale, A pair of blue eyes, Thomas Hardy, First of the last chances, Sophie Hannah
Publishing News, 2002
Feature: An author's adventures in e-publishing wonderland
Countryman, 2003
Feature: Plagued by deadly virus: millions of frogs are falling victim to a raging infection for which there is no cure
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