Rain kept our lives on hold all through January and most of February and for a while, I began to…
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Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov is about life in a war zone, specifically the zone of Donbas which in 2014,…
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It strikes me that there is a world of difference between writing endings in a stand-alone novel and writing endings…
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When I took Orbital by Samantha Harvey with me to read on a train journey, Jack said, “You’ll have finished…
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On the day of the funeral, snow was falling thickly, blanketing the graves and headstones in a soft white down…
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James by Percival Everett is the retelling of a story first published in 1884 – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain…
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I seem to be having a minor attack of writer’s doubt. I am just over halfway through the first draft…
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“…I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Blanche DuBois, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams We should…
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How many times have we seen the imperative ‘read carefully’ on medication instructions or an installation guide? I can only speak…
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