Review: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
The self-fulfilling prophecy is an ancient and fascinating component of literature. From Oedipus to Macbeth and beyond, characters have wrestled with disturbing or tempting…
In a desert state of mind
We’re now more than a month into our trip around Morocco, and I have lots of things I want to say about…
Living on the road
People have been asking me where I am living these days, so here’s an update. In early 2015, Genie and I started…
The Things I Care About
What do you really care about? I asked myself that question recently, and I was surprised by the results. Firstly, it seems that…
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
I read this book back in the spring, before it got shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and got a fair bit of attention.…
A Story From a “What If?” Moment
One evening in Crete, a couple of years ago, I saw something that made a lasting impression on me. A small boy, maybe eight or…
Q&A With Dodge and Burn Author Seraphina Madsen
Recently I read and reviewed Dodge and Burn, a startling and very original debut novel by Seraphina Madsen. I had the chance to…
Review of Dodge and Burn by Seraphina Madsen
Imagine Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Hunter Thompson engaging in a wild, drug-fuelled orgy somewhere out in the Arizona desert, and by…
Creative block? It’s not about the time
In even the busiest lives, there are pockets of time in which extra things could be accomplished. But these are times when…