Today feels like a day to do or say something important, something profound and encouraging. I honestly don’t know what to say.

I feel like a lot of people, particularly outside the U.S, have underestimated what the 2024 election actually represents. It isn’t just a case of do you like Trump more than ...

My 2024 Goodreads Reading Challenge is set at 50 books and, at the time of writing, I’m on 39 complete and more than 20 in progress. My bestie has read 22 out of her target of 24 and my dad is sitting smug with 63 out of 70.

Part of the reason Dad and I are so much more ambitious than bestie is that ...

(Warning: Contains spoilers)

Though I was aware of the frenzy around the publication of Bonnie Garmus’ breakout novel, and even bought a copy fairly early on, I was painfully slow in getting around to actually reading it. While that was time wasted that I could have spent fawning over what is now a firm ...

Writers are often told, “write what you know”. Generally, this is good advice and meant encouragingly, as in, record your unique human experience so that others can share in and learn from it.

However, looked at from the opposite perspective, it could be taken as an enforced limitation, translating ...

People tend to think I’m joking when I cite Taylor Swift alongside J.R.R. Tolkien, Jodi Picoult and Aaron Sorkin as one of my literary influences, but I can assure you, I am not. Let me tell you why.

Like most “Swifties”, I can claim a fantasy best-friendship with her since the early 2000’s and her music ...