“The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga
I didn’t like this book when I started it. Even when I was browsing it in the bookshop, I wasn’t that keen – I only bought it because…
Update
All is well, despite the silence. I’ve been putting all my energy into winning a short story contest. With a £25,000 prize…
Monday morning inspiration
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya Angelou
Borges marathon, part 1: The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell
So I had this great idea to write a separate review for every short story every written by the master of short…
“Collected Fictions” by Jorge Luis Borges
With this book, I have to admit defeat, or at least a change of plan. I wanted to review every book I…
“The Writer as Migrant” by Ha Jin
These are three essays on the notion of migration for the writer, mostly explained through other writers such as Nabokov, Conrad, Kundera and Naipaul. In the first essay,…
Monday morning inspiration
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you.…
Art at the Barbican
I went to the Barbican recently for two exhibitions – Radical Nature and the Free Art Fair. I liked the first more…
Congratulations, Ruth Dugdall!
Last year I won the Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary, an event that changed my life and led to the publication of On…