Made of Stone – Kay Ryan’s Odd Blocks
When my dad claimed that our cat was a bit stupid, I simmered with fury at his betrayal of a …
Tag Archives: 2011
Wish You Were Here – Tamar Yoseloff’s The City With Horns
It doesn’t take long to contract cultural flu in Rome. ‘That fountain’s by Bernini, you say? Show me one which …
Me and my shadow – Egg Printing Explained by Katy Evans-Bush
With a jolt I realised that I was standing at the foot of my own grave. Sergeant John Field, 1803339, of …
I am the invisible man – Olivia McCannon’s Exactly My Own Length
Rush hour is cruel to those going nowhere. To stand frozen as the city wheels about, reconfiguring itself for dinners …
The Old Masters were never wrong about suffering – Olivia Byard’s Strange Horses
When I took my wife’s call, I thought she was trapped in the wreckage of a car. Her brain was …
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Matthew Stewart’s Inventing Truth
In the family album there’s a snap of a tiny boy pressing his gift of a Matchbox car into the …
In space no one can hear you scream – Sophie Mayer’s The Private Parts of Girls
Buy The Private Parts of Girls from Salt In Sally Potter’s The Tango Lesson, a character called Sally pitches to …
How I became an Eliot addict – The Waste Land – Faber and Faber – Touch Press
Buy The Waste Land app for iPad I usually buy the new phone, or laptop first and then find out …
Alice Oswald’s Memorial
Buy Memorial from Faber and Faber Names assume epic proportions when listed. The Roman Catholic church’s First Eucharistic Prayer seduces …
The vibrator in the drawer – Leontia Flynn’s Profit and Loss
Buy Profit and Loss from Cape Poetry There is something uncanny about houses. Especially other people’s and especially shared …
