I'm a copywriter based in Dublin. Bookwitting about literary fiction, mostly.
The vast unfolding tragedy of the refugee crisis in the Middle East is made up of thousands of human stories, most of them untold. I spoke with the author of Live From Cairo, Ian Bassingthwaighte, about the challenge of telling just one.
To honour your favourite teachers on World Teachers’ Day—it’s October 5th of course, you stupid child!—here’s a reading assignment. Five novels featuring inspirational, or at least non-fascist teachers.
This year alone, Bangladesh, Texas and the Caribbean islands have all suffered devastating flooding. Mankind has been telling stories about floods for at least as long as we’ve had the technology of writing. We take a look at five of the best to see what hope, if any, we can glean from them.
Should novels be ‘uncivilised’? We look at the fiction of former environmentalist Paul Kingsnorth to see what, if anything, literature can do in the face of climate change.
On this list you’ll find biographies that invite you into the lives and times of famous writers, and attempt to penetrate the mystery of artistic creation.
Dante Aligheri’s Divine Comedy, and in particular its opening section, the Inferno, is one of the most influential—and wonderful—pieces of literature ever written. If you’re not ready to tackle a book-length medieval poem without a warm-up, here are three ways to approach it.
A recovering academic, Aaron Bady is a writer in Oakland, California, and a bookseller at Diesel Bookstore.
American well into his second decade living in Vietnam. Here and there throughout the country, though most frequently found in the northern highlands. Working like hell to keep from getting a ... Show More
Dave Crook, after working for Waterstones for a long time, retired to spend more time with books, and writing poetry.