Vision, February 2015 The general consensus is “young adults” – broadly defined as being 14+ – spend their entire lives online, prodding at their tablets, phones and laptops. But the figures suggest otherwise. Actually, they’re […]
The National, February 2015 As New Year’s Resolutions go, it was an impressive one. In 2012, blogger Ann Morgan set about reading a book from every one of the planet’s 196 independent countries. She’d already […]
The National, February 2015 It’s a wonderful moment in a novel packed with memorable scenes. Romola, widowed and abstaining from meat and fish in keeping with her Hindu custom, has swapped India for suburban Californian […]
The National, February 2015 It’s January 2007, and Zarqa Nawaz’s new sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, set around a Muslim community in North America, has just become a huge hit in Canada. But there’s […]
The National, January 2015 FICTION The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (March) To say that a new Ishiguro book is eagerly awaited is an understatement. The multi-award-winning author of The Remains of the Day hasn’t […]