The only possible system
Capitalism, we are told, is the only possible system. Anything else is impractical dreaming. Capitalism delivers prosperity, stability, growth… except when it doesn’t. The credit crunch is nothing…
“In the Castle of My Skin” by George Lamming
Reading this book made me realise how much has changed, both in literature and society, in the half century since it was…
Monday morning inspiration
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something…
“Stone in a Landslide” by Maria Barbal
One of the things I have always loved about a good book is the way it takes you into places and times…
Monday morning inspiration
Remember you don’t know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life – and maybe…
“Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino
I thought I would have liked this more than I did. I like most of Calvino’s books, and in this one the…
“So Long, See You Tomorrow” by William Maxwell
I love Harvill Press. Normally I don’t pay a lot of attention to the publishers, because I find most of them produce…
Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary 2010
My publisher, Legend Press, just announced that submissions are open for the 2010 Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary. This is the contest that…