I’ve had enough of the childish narrator … for now
Some of my favourite narrators are children. It can be incredibly moving to immerse yourself in the life of a…
Is there a sweet spot between high literature and the beach read?
I have been reading Apeirogon by Colum McCann, a book that I heard widely praised by critics last year. I…
I wonder what my favourite literary introverts would think of lockdown
Like no other disaster before it, the coronavirus lockdown has separated the introverts from the extroverts. As news of the…
Wuthering Heights and the joy of divisive books
Few books divide readers the way that Wuthering Heights does. I had no idea of the passionate love, and equally…
Can fiction really change you?
The books that change people I find it fascinating to hear people talk about the books that changed them. I…
If only we knew each other the way we know our favourite book characters
I didn’t really think about Bob Hawke much before he died. I was a young child when he was prime…
