On sexual assault, feeling triggered and being jaded about men
Reacting to Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus’s bestselling novel Lessons in Chemistry is a unique story, sharply written…
Korean mums in fact and fiction
The last thing I expected was to confuse a real life person in the memoir Tell Me The…
Books I read in 2023
I got back into audiobooks in a big way in 2023, after a total break from them last…
Babel, or how not to write yourself into your novel
In many ways, R.F. Kuang’s Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History seemed a novel written…
Things I read in 2020
I know I sound snooty when I say I read more than I watch Netflix, but it’s true.…
Brutality and humanity: a book you won’t want to, but should, read
Early inspiration I suppose that every writer, whether professional or amateur, has work from their past that they’re…
A novel metaphor for life
I am writing a novel. That is, I have been writing a novel for the last fourteen years.…