We write about books like readers talk about them

Global Literary Network started from a simple frustration: brilliant books were disappearing into catalogues, and the only promotion available to their authors looked and read like adverts. Readers scroll past adverts. They stop for recommendations.

So we built a place where every book is presented the way a bookseller would hand it to you — with context, with an honest sense of who it is for, and with the reason it is worth your evening. Our editors read the material, speak to the author where it helps, and write the feature themselves.

We work with self-published authors, small presses and traditional imprints alike. What we look for is not a marketing budget but a book that will genuinely land with the readers we send it to.

Paid placement funds the editorial work, and we are open about that on every page. What payment does not buy is a dishonest write-up: if we cannot recommend a book with a straight face, we say so before you pay rather than after.