Clunky sentences, gratuitous metaphors and forced similes, bad grammar – they all combine to grate on the nerves, and give...
Month: July 2014
The National Library Board took two children’s books considered to be LGBT friendly off its shelves today. They are Tango...
The iPad offers such powerful features – and excellent resolution – that truly enhanced books are possible. Here are six apps for...
A reader may find it hard to imagine an author as anything more than a by line and portrait on...
In considering Mo Yan’s award of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the popularity of Mai Jia’s novels overseas, the...
A typical full-time writer earns £11,000 a year, according to research commissioned by the Authors' Licensing and Collection Society (ALCS)....
In his 1891 essay 'The Soul of Man Under Socialism', Oscar Wilde wrote, "…the moment that an artist takes notice...
If the early chapters are like riding a whirlwind, what follows is like being becalmed mid sea, says Sathya Saran...
Author Intizar Husain talks on how the 1947 partition inspired him to write: Meena Menon in The Hindu Writing was...
With exquisite humour and language that sparkles, Anees Salim surpasses himself: The Hindu The blind lady makes her appearance on...
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