Books

Adapted: The Boy with the Topknot and Marriage Material

I’ve been thinking a lot about adaptation and how a story shifts depending on...

Nonfiction November: Rabbit Holes, Mood Reads & 6 Month Delayed Musings

Back in November 2024, I set out with modest ambitions: to mood-read my way...

Shortlisted, Short Books, Short Attention Span

Earlier this year, I decided I was going to read the entire International Booker...

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank In February I took...

Love in Exile by Shon Faye

Just finished listening to Shon Faye’s new book, Love in Exile, very beautifully written,...

I Don’t Live in a Palace—So I Had to Get Real About My Books

Like many readers, I’ve come to terms with a difficult truth: I don’t live...

Delight

In his essay collection Delight, JB Priestley explores a variety of delightful things. It’s...

The Library is OPEN

Recapping my January 2025 reads Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell...

Reading Breakup Books

really good, actually (2023) by Monica Heisey “Maggie’s marriage has ended just 608 days...

Gays The Word Bookshop

I recently visited Gays The Word, the oldest LGBT bookshop in the UK, for...