Memory in the Flesh by Ahlam Mosteghanami: Review
Where would novelists be if they couldn’t write about love? Platonic love; young love; second-time-around love; lost love; unrequited love;
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World Literary Tour: Visit Japan in 5 Books
Today is National Foundation Day (Kenkokukinen-no-Hi), in Japan, a day which marks the enthronement of the country’s first Emperor. Although
Read MoreBookends #10 November 2018
This week’s Bookends post features an author whose books about a fictitious community in Quebec, Canada have become a favourite.
Read MoreBookends #10 Oct 2018
October already? What an odd Autumn this is turning out to be. Thursday afternoon I was able to sit in
Read MoreBookends #9 Sept 2018
For once I am not racing to get the Bookends post done before the weekend disappears. Maybe it’s the Indian
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