A Country Too Far
September 13, 2016
With the current popularity of dystopian novels, it would be easy to think it’s a recent phenomena; however, it apparently dates back to the eighteenth century, and includes Gulliver’s Travels (1726). Of course there are more recent classics, such as The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925), Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932) and 1984 by George Orwell (1949). […]
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June 6, 2015
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, a literary meme created by Annabel Smith and Emma Chapman in which we link a book to six others in any way that comes to mind. This month begins with The Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling. For me, this is about leaving a space for Indigenous authors to tell […]
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October 12, 2014
Recently a friend posted a Facebook challenge that requires nominees to list 10 books that have stayed with them in some way. I normally avoid the challenges doing the rounds of social media. They somehow remind me of the chain letters I used to receive during my childhood. And the introvert in me particularly resists those requiring video evidence. But […]
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