Who needs Paradise? by Paula Harrold
I first met Paula Harrold when she was a pink-haired Oxford theology student who decorated her bedroom wall with a large scythe. I never…
Let’s confirm nearer the time
Technology was supposed to simplify our lives, wasn’t it? In so many ways it does, of course, but then we seem to…
How quickly can you put out an eBook?
So this morning Chinese writer Mo Yan was announced as the 2012 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Not having heard…
Author interview – J.R. Crook
I reviewed J.R. Crook’s debut novel Sleeping Patterns on this blog a few weeks ago, and thought I’d follow up by asking…
Me and Marcel
I was happy to hear that one of my short stories has been translated into Turkish and published in a literary magazine.…
The 20 best Caribbean book blogs
Since moving to Barbados in December last year, I’ve been keen to discover more about Caribbean literature, and a great way to do that…
Off-key stories hit the mark
I was excited to meet Courttia Newland at Bim Literary Festival here in Barbados earlier this year. He’s a British writer, but…
Tabucchi Week: Pereira Maintains
The most striking thing about Pereira Maintains is the narrative voice. It’s narrated in the third person, but the two words from…
On the wall at Foyles
An interesting thing happened to me this week. I ended up being featured in a photography exhibition at Foyles bookshop in central…