Six Degrees of Separation: From Hamnet to Heart of Darkness
What connects Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell with Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad?
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Eleanor Catton
Sunday Salon: Re-connecting to the world
It felt so good to get home yesterday after my two week trek around Asia. No matter how luxurious the
Read moreSunday Salon: RIP the airport bookshop
A few months ago in one of my Salon posts I was bemoaning the absence of a decent bookshop in
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My bookish experience of the last few weeks has a distinct resemblance to a saying I remember from my childhood:
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