Reviewed by Robert Goodman Margaret Atwood sits comfortably on the literature shelf. Winner of the Booker Prize and numerous other awards particularly in her native Canada, Atwood has been challenging …
Andres and the Jinns (Jillian Schedneck)
‘Miss, WALLAH, it’s true. They are everywhere. Every time you hear a noise in your house, or your TV stops working, or your computer beeps…’ Hana paused dramatically. ‘It’s a …
Cultural Submissions (Caroline Reid)
I’m calling in to see someone in a world grownups know nothing about sitting snug on their living-room couches. The thing about that is this: I think it doesn’t matter, …
Theory of a Shadow (Todd Turner)
Think of a bird now think of its shadow. Imagine a field now picture a lake. Had the shadow not drifted across the field you might have missed a fire-bird …
CHANGING THE GROUND OF EXISTENCE: an interview with Paul Hetherington
If there’s ever a part of human endeavour where people work extremely hard, achieve an extraordinary amount, but, in the main, unless there’s a miracle (and we all know they’re …
Virtual Baby (Libbie Chellew)
There was a bottle half-full with formula on the floor in front of the Vulcan, a pile of unfolded washing on the other end of the couch and a full …
September on Gasworks Bridge (Todd Turner)
It has been a long day to say the least. Wind, rain, shadows, stone. So I take a walk. Standing on Gasworks Bridge, I watch the river run east, run …
Riding the Rails of the New Weird: China Mieville’s Railsea
Review by Robert Goodman You might have to track Railsea down in the Young Adult section of the bookshop – do not be fooled. It just means someone is being …
The Exclusivity of Cupcakes: How I Cooked My Way through Heartbreak (Erin Holmwood)
Kissing don’t last: cookery do — George Meredith On the day Max broke my heart, I baked a cake. While I greased and lined the spring-form cake pan I thought to …
PROVOKING UNEASE: an interview with Omar Musa
Omar Musa is one of those rare writers who, by hook or by crook, manages to carve a path as a poet and performer and rely on little else. Verity …