Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Reading Michelle Obama’s biography left me feeling like I’d been invited into her home or watched her being interviewed by Oprah. As I put…
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Offsides & Out of Bounds, Thoughts on Athletes and Activism: We Matter by Etan Thomas
“Shut up and dribble,” was the response of television and radio talk show host Laura Ingraham to Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James for “talking politics”…
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“The Blackout, A Novel Inspired by True Events” by Louise Arseneault
The Blackout: A Novel Inspired by True Events Louise was fourteen when the Northeast Blackout of 2003, the ninth-largest in the world, affected an estimated 55 million people across…
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Book Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Reception Upon its release, the St Jame’s Gazette questioned why Wilde would put his name to “so stupid and vulgar a piece of work”….
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Film Review | The Happy Prince – or The End of Oscar Wilde
Taking its name from Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince and Other Tales, the movie The Happy Prince tells of the heart-breaking final years of…
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Book Review: The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
(Technically a play review, but it’s a review of the script, so ‘book’ makes more sense) Frivolous Brilliance Simply put, The Importance of…
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#Aestheticism: The Life of Oscar Wilde
While by no means exclusive to writers, nor universal to them – and without intending to paint a sombre brush over this article –…
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Book Review: Exploring 19th-Century Life | Travels with Henry James
Before He Was the Henry James of Literature While most know him as the brilliant novelist behind works such as The Portrait of a…
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Book Review | Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan by Soniah Kamal
Unmarriageable: A Book Based on a Book It is a strange thing, reviewing a book based on a book of which one is very…
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Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Reading Michelle Obama’s biography left me feeling like I’d been invited into her home or watched her being interviewed by Oprah. As I put…
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London Book Fair 2019 | Two Talks: Artificial Intelligence Replacing Editors?! Money & the Author!
While the decision to talk about A.I in book editing alongside making a living as an author might seem a little strange, both are…
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London Book Fair 2019 | Where Books and the Business of Publishing Meet
Earlier this month saw the 47th return of the London Book Fair (its 48th appearance in total). Authors, artists, and agents all met under…
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