Passiontide by Monique Roffey review – flawed but well-told tale of a feminist uprising
Passiontide by Monique Roffey review – a passionate protest novel
June 2022
Shock ending: how the Costa book awards changed reading – and pitted husband against wife
After 50 years, the prize has been scrapped. How did it change Britain’s literary landscape? And what happened at the awards when Margaret Drabble was seated next to Theresa May?
August 2021
Further reading
The best books about islands, from Wide Sargasso Sea to Dark Matter
Author Kiran Millwood Hargrave picks her favourites, including Monique Roffey’s fabulist Caribbean and Madeline Miller’s witch banished by Zeus
July 2021
Books that made me
Monique Roffey: ‘William Golding’s The Inheritors gave me ideas for how I could write a mermaid’
The Costa winner on the James Baldwin novel she most cherishes, devouring Willard Price adventures as a child, and the sex scene she wishes she had written
May 2021
Dreaming of a better future? Ali Smith, Malcolm Gladwell and more on books to inspire change
As our thoughts turn to life after the pandemic, authors from this year’s Hay festival choose books that have inspired lasting change in them
March 2021
On my radar
On my radar: Monique Roffey's cultural highlights
The Costa-winning author on enjoying Sade with a glass of wine, Line of Duty and why the Caribbean’s female writers need to be heard
February 2021
Monique Roffey leads strong showing for indies on Rathbones Folio shortlist
The Costa winner is up for award honouring the best work of literature regardless of genre, alongside many other titles from small presses
January 2021
'I'm flabbergasted': Monique Roffey on women, whiteness and winning the Costa
The Mermaid of Black Conch’s author explains why she expected ‘a quiet life’ for the formally daring, magical realist novel that has been declared book of the year
'Utterly original' Monique Roffey wins Costa book of the year
The Mermaid of Black Conch takes £30,000 award for 2020’s most enjoyable book, acclaimed by judges a classic in the making
Lee Lawrence’s memoir of his mother’s shooting by police wins Costa award
The Louder I Will Sing wins best biography, with other prizes including best novel for Monique Roffey and posthumous poetry honour for Eavan Boland
October 2020
DBC Pierre’s smartphone era novel leads Goldsmiths prize shortlist
Meanwhile in Dopamine City, which is told in two columns to mimic our divided attention, is one of six finalists for the award for ‘fiction at its most novel’
May 2020
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey review – a fishy tale of doomed womanhood
Magical touches blend with precise realism in this bittersweet tale of a mermaid trying to put the sea behind her
May 2018
Kei Miller essay about white women sparks tensions among Caribbean writers
Miller’s essay has been withdrawn after divisive reception, but supporters say it is part of a necessary conversation about race and privilege
November 2017
Small indie publishers report booming sales
In a sector that has struggled elsewhere, figures for 60 of the smallest players in the UK industry show sales up 79% in the last year
July 2017
The Tryst by Monique Roffey review – perfectly judged erotic fiction
Sex and mythology collide in a novel with insights into contemporary coupledom
August 2014
House of Ashes review – Monique Roffey's Caribbean coup d'etat
House of Ashes by Monique Roffey review – the story of an insurrection
September 2013
Archipelago by Monique Roffey – review
A prize-winning Caribbean novel pits father and daughter against the sea, writes Sophia Martelli
July 2012
Archipelago by Monique Roffey - review
Kapka Kassabova on a fearless tale of a voyage through loss
