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BOOK REVIEW: IS THERE RUSH HOUR IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY?

How can we map new itineraries of empathy? Cartography is a way to organise knowledge, and a walk is what grounds those ideas in reality. ...

by Phương Anh | January 26, 2023January 27, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: EVERYTHING CALLS FOR SALVATION

This book is a humane lesson on how to remain kind and sensitive towards our fellow struggling humans Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: EVERYTHING ...

by Francesca Ferrauto | January 19, 2023January 20, 2023
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BOOK REVIEW: BODY KINTSUGI

A novel which effortlessly transcends the banality of categorisation to tell the story of a body and its struggle to feel whole. Continue ...

by Jennifer Brough | January 12, 2023January 11, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: WAKE ME UP AT 9 IN THE MORNING

Reading this novel is like falling a mind map, with landscape, characters and crimes carefully plotted. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: WAKE ME UP ...

by Barbara Wheatley | January 5, 2023July 1, 2024
Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: LIBERATION DAY

Saunders has made a name for himself as both a writers’ writer and a readers’ writer and this collection is full of everything you’d expect ...

by Katy Carr | December 22, 2022December 27, 2022
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BOOK REVIEW: LOVE

Despite dealing with dark subjects, this is a novel of lightness and hope Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: LOVE

by Jane Wright | December 15, 2022December 14, 2022
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BOOK REVIEW: THE THORN PULLER

Ito’s talent for weaving many voices is brilliantly demonstrated in this newly translated work. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE THORN PULLER

by Elizabeth Meehan | December 1, 2022November 28, 2022
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: LET NO-ONE SLEEP

Sometimes, a larger-than-life bird woman is all a book needs. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: LET NO-ONE SLEEP

by Robert Montero | November 26, 2022November 26, 2022
Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: THE AGE OF DOUBT

A savage and touching exploration of the realities of life in post-civil-war Korea Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE AGE OF DOUBT

by Katy Ward | November 26, 2022November 28, 2022
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BOOK REVIEW: DAUGHTERS BEYOND COMMAND

The novel traces landmark moments in French history, from the 1971 Manifesto of the 343 to the 1981 election of President François Mitterrand. ...

by Monica Cardenas | November 10, 2022October 21, 2022
Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: THE AGE OF GOODBYES

Li reanimates the yearnings and struggles of Chinese-Malaysian women over the years, and presents a vivid sense of place. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ...

by Christopher Redpath | November 3, 2022October 21, 2022
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BOOK REVIEW: GHOST TOWN

Several days after finishing the book, something dawned on me in a way I’ve never experienced before… a sort of quiet marvelling. Continue ...

by Adam Ley-Lange | October 27, 2022October 3, 2022
Arts & Culture, Books, Literature, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: THE CENSOR’S NOTEBOOK

To what extent are we free from the “justified interventions” of invisible censors? And if we are not free from them, are we ever going ...

by Barbora Cernusakova | October 20, 2022October 12, 2022
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BOOK REVIEW: GETTING LOST

Getting Lost leaves one submerged in Ernaux’s world, gasping for breath, and fighting for reason. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: GETTING LOST

by Ingrid Petty | October 13, 2022October 11, 2022
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BOOK REVIEW: TOMB OF SAND

Tomb of Sand is a poet’s novel, exquisitely modern. It venerates eccentricity, laughs at its own ingenuity, and blurs borders in language and life. ...

by Hannah Weber | October 6, 2022October 3, 2022
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BOOK REVIEW: THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA

Whether you need a romance, a comedy, a satirical political history, horror, or the absurd, Karunatilaka defies genre and invites us to imagine the world ...

by Jennifer Brough | September 29, 2022September 27, 2022
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: BOLD VENTURES: THIRTEEN TALES OF ARCHITECTURAL TRAGEDY

While there is more travelling than arriving in this book, Van de Broeck’s compassion for her architects and their ambitions gives the book its soul. ...

by Jack Lethbridge | September 22, 2022September 13, 2022
Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: NEWS AT NOON

A capering comedy, set against the backdrop of a pandemic, which throws in some legitimate and thought-provoking concern around the influence of new media. ...

by Adam Ley-Lange | September 15, 2022September 20, 2022
Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: A DOWN HOME MEAL FOR THESE DIFFICULT TIMES

Within every journey, there are further visible and invisible journeys. This book will remain in your head and your heart for that reason alone. ...

by Barbara Wheatley | September 8, 2022September 2, 2022
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BOOK REVIEW: CAPTAIN NI’MAT’S LAST BATTLE

The intimate account of a man claiming his homosexuality, embedded within the larger history of Egyptian society. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: CAPTAIN NI’MAT’S ...

by KMA Ramsay | August 25, 2022August 15, 2022

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