Revival by Stephen King
The Observer It’s billed as possessing “the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written” – some claim given this is the man who wrote Carrie, 58 novels and 40 years ago. Actually, Revival’s ending […]
BOOKS
Toddlers: swiping rather than reading
Vision, February 2015 It’s become one of the strangest phenomena of our times. Leave a tablet or a smartphone lying around a toddler and not only will they be intrigued by its bright colours, they’ll […]
Lauren Oliver on the rise of YA
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 […]
Ann Morgan reads the world in a year
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 […]
Sandip Roy on debut Don’t Let Him Know
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 […]