I Dare You To Breathe: Maggie O’Farrell’s Memoir “I Am, I Am, I Am”
From our earliest days, most of us fear death and learn to regard it as an unwelcomed guest, an entity to be avoided at all costs. And yet, there are…
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 is quite a wise choice…
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 voices. Vested in the form…
From the Platform 9 3/4 in an Entirely New Direction: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
On July 31, 2016, the latest escapade into the wizarding world of J.K. Rowling, entitled Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, saw the light of day. This two-part West End stage play written by John Thorne stems from his collaboration with J.K. Rowling, the author of the original franchise and John Tiffany, the director of the play.
The Chaos of Being Alive in Ali Smith’s The Accidental
Reading The Accidental resembles the way raindrops are traced on a windowpane. Firstly, you notice they move independently, without any rules. They make their way slowly, curving as they please…
In the Mists of Memory: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Sometimes I picture memory as a sort of mental container in which one's experiences, conveniently labelled school, family vacations, UFO etc., can be compressed with a view to having something…
Cohen’s bunch of lonesome heroes
Cohen’s writing career spans decades and includes numerous volumes of poetry as well as two novels. One of the two, The Favourite Game is not your typical novel, but poetry transformed…