Image Credit: Amazon by James Stewart It seems to be a sad fact of contemporary fiction that the message or politics of a book comes secondary to its actual artistic […]
Category: Literature
In Review: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
By Isabelle Cardy 1Q84 is captivated by the entwined journeys of its two protagonists, Tengo and Aoname. In the shifting world of Japan in 1984, Tengo, taking on a dubious […]
The Bibliophile’s Guide to Social Media
By Sophie Eblett Social media, simultaneously indispensable and inescapable for millions of people, impacts everyone differently. Contrary to popular belief, however, it needn’t merely promote peer pressure and damage mental […]
In Review: The Time Traveller’s Guide to Regency Britain by Ian Mortimer
For Ian Mortimer, an academic exercise can only tell you so much about the past. As he rather chillingly observes in the introduction to this Time Traveller’s Guide, ‘you would […]
Creative Piece: Lifeline Rope
by Kitty Butterworth Even by the time I reached the payphone; a twenty-minute walk from the house I had left, the blood from my nose was still streaming down. It […]
In Review: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
by Hesandi Jayasekara Featured image by Nyesha Viechweg History, huh? Bet we could make some, has been a phrase that has been ringing through Tumblr and Twitter subcultures since this […]
In Review: Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
by James Stewart Thanks largely to the efforts of biographer Benjamin Moser, Clarice Lispector has enjoyed something of a publishing revival, with Penguin Classics about to publish their penultimate book […]
12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos- Analysis
Roshan Shukla has a sceptical read-through of Dr Jordan B Peterson’s flagship book. Rule 1 ‘Life is shit’ sums up what Peterson conveys in his initial chapter. (Sorry to dampen […]
Review: This is London
I am not a Londoner, I grew up in a small country town, an hour away from the big smoke, but I have always been fascinated by the complexities of […]
The Book Nook: November
The Book Nook aims to give an insight into the bookshelves of editor’s and writer’s of The Yorker. It acts as a type of online book club and reviewing platform, where editor’s […]