After having read Heaney’s translated version of ‘Beowulf‘, my expectations of this poetry collection were rather high. Indeed, the fact that I had to pay £9.99 for less than 70 pages also gave me the notion that some very high-quality work was encased within the covers of this particular paperback. In this review, I’m unfortunately [...]

Well, April is certainly shaping up to be a month for plenty of great new releases! Unfortunately, I can only include a small handful of what’s going to be available by the end of the month, but hopefully these examples will be enough to whet your appetite. ——————– The Carrie Diaries – Candace Bushnell For [...]

If you were to ask a majority of people what a story was, it’s likely that the words ‘book’ or ‘writing’ would find their way into the explanation. Whilst certainly not incorrect, it’s not the entire truth, either. For one, a story doesn’t have to be written down at all, and it certainly doesn’t impact [...]

Well what with one thing and another, I have a few things to report, so I guess I might as well. (And this has nothing to do with the fact that most of my writers have asked for time off to concentrate on their numerous studies in the last semester of the academic year…honest!). First [...]

Released as a film this week by ‘America’s greatest living director’ Martin Scorsese with Leonardo Dicaprio in the lead role, Shutter Island is a complex and intriguing mystery thriller which is dark, unpredictable and steadfastly unconventional. The novel takes place in 1954, as federal marshals Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule search for escaped murderess Rachel [...]