David Nicholls was a name that didn’t ring many bells in the literary world prior to the publication of One Day in 2009. Born in […]
One Day by David Nicholls: A Charming Plunge into Romantic Realism
Category: Literature
REVIEW: Jen Campbell’s dreamy sequence of modern fairy tales
Fairy tales are building blocks, and surely the first writing, apart from picture books, we get acquainted to in our early stages as readers. This […]
The candour of Zadie Smith’s debut novel White Teeth
White Teeth is Zadie Smith’s debut novel and a powerful portrayal of a new England – a multilayered place which encompasses a plurality of diverse […]
These 7 English & American Authors Made It Okay to Break Grammar Rules
In the era of so-called ’grammar nazis’ it is mitigating to know that many of our ultimate writing role models committed some serious grammar crimes […]
11 Interesting Facts you may not Know About Oscar Wilde
Besides being one of the most famous English authors, Oscar Wilde was also one of the most intriguing people who have ever lived on Earth. […]
The Plurality of Identity in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar was first published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas, which was probably Plath’s way of distancing herself from the work that […]
Discussing the Irish Short Story – A Mirror in the Dark
When Mario Vargas Llosa wrote about Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s gem One Hundred Years of Solitude, he pointed out that Macondo is a world itself, just […]