Category: Fiction
Philip Pullman on Children’s Literature & the Critics Who Disdain It
Lit is lit books are books. We find certain books at certain times and they change us. Categories are for selling. From Daemon Voices: On Stories…
Totoro’s Creator’s Favourite Children’s Books
HAYAO MIYAZAKI’S FAVOURITE CHILDREN’S BOOKS A small thrill ran through me when I saw that one of the books on Miyazaki’s list is Swallows and Amazons. …
GEORGE SAUNDERS – BY THE BOOK
Something makes me trust GS, and now I want to read: Things I already wanted to read Moonglow, Swing Time,The Attention Merchants, We Have Always…
High-Rise: J.G.Ballard’s Moral Challenge
There’s a film of High Rise being made, and that is a very good thing, if it brings to light and to readers more of Ballard’s work….
Atticus’ Mockingbird by Christine Bennett
This drawing is made from “all the words in Atticus’s speech during the trial.” She did this “after reading To Kill A Mockingbird for the…
A Guide to Sandman
Twenty-seven years after its premiere, reading Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman (Vertigo) and its related books can be daunting, especially now with the publication of the prequel miniseries The Sandman: Overture. Where…
Debate About the New Cover for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
My friend, Jessica Sage, who welcomed me into the Department of English Literature graduate programme at Reading, has published an good article on the new…
Man Booker Prize to Include Americans
I am not sure how I feel about this. I feel that is just another part of the globalization process and so nothing is different….
