(via Shutterstock) One of the things that cinematic storytelling does so very well is to let us stop and soak in the humanity of a person’s lived experiences. Sure, other media do that, but in different ways, and there’s something truly rich and special about a couple of hours in Continue Reading
Book review: Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Not a lot goes right in life for the two titular characters at the heart of Karl Geary’s arrestingly moving novel, Juno Loves Legs. Born into poverty in 1970s Dublin, they are both well and truly up against from the get-go in their economically deprived estate; Continue Reading