Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerBeyond Fire and Fury: Oscar Wilde’s Gentle Evocation of Faith‘Sonnet on hearing the Dies Irae Sung in the Sistine Chapel’ renders the Last Judgment a homecoming2d ago42d ago4
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerSpecial Editions Will Always be This Bookworm’s Guilty PleasureGilded edges, foiled covers and glossy, page length illustrations? Sign me up!Jan 2517Jan 2517
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerThe Pitfall of Memory and Storytelling in Nghi Vo’s ‘Into the Riverlands’The third entry to the Singing Hills Cycle puts a spotlight on the notion of courage and the immortality of a nameJan 2110Jan 2110
Why Helping Others is Painful But Why I Won’t Stop Doing ItCaring can be an underrated form of courage in the world we live inJan 202Jan 202
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerThe Lure of Melancholy in ‘A Boy Called Christmas’Ever wanted a Christmas story that A) isn’t always happy and B) doesn’t resolve itself in warm, cozy hugs?Jan 141Jan 141
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerHaving Pictures in Adult Books is Not ‘Childish’Remember the glee and wonder that came with skipping pages for the illustrations?Jan 10Jan 10
Published inBooks Are Our Superpower‘Somewhere Beyond the Sea’: A Preachy Yet Heartwarming Return to Marsyas IslandForget the politics, stay for the seven-year-old Antichrist who loves his sticky buns and sentient mud menJan 9Jan 9
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerWhy Reading Will Always Matter, Even If The World DisapprovesAnd by world, I mean the people most important to usJan 420Jan 420
Why Graves, Goblins and Ghosts belong to ChristmastimeIt was Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ that kickstarted an avalanche of festive ghost storiesJan 21Jan 21
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerThe Luminously Devastating Christmas Read That Will Linger In Your MindClaire Keegan’s ‘Small Things Like These’ ups the festive novella game when ‘A Christmas Carol’ starts to feel staleDec 10, 20241Dec 10, 20241
