It’s possible to read a book badly, and I’ve just done it
Does the reader have a responsibility to read a book ‘well’? And what does that even mean? In the past,…
My favourites … updated
As Victoria looks ahead to months of lockdown, and readers rely on great books for consolation, distraction and entertainment, here…
Ain’t no cure for the post-Potter blues
I’ve developed quite an attachment … to Harry Potter. I started reading JK Rowling’s blockbuster series with my son and…
Is it worth reading beyond a writer’s masterpiece?
The term ‘masterpiece’ is most commonly used in the art world, describing paintings like da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Van Gogh’s…
Great expectations can be the death of a book
It has been a long wait. Twenty years after writing The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy has released her…
