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  If you think it’s impossible to write a quirky, even madcap tale that involves a reluctant hitman, a disillusioned priest and sex hotel receptionist down on familial luck, then you have severely underestimated the talents of Swedish novelist Jonas Jonasson. The writer of internationally-successful novels The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Continue Reading

  Next to the superlative Sandra Bullock of which no ill can ever be said, the delightful Anna Kendrick, who is well known for her sparklingly funny, self-deprecating Twitter account, is one of my favourite actresses. She has starred in a range of impressively good movies such as Up in Continue Reading

  The popularity of Calvin and Hobbes continues apace, over 20 years after creator/philosopher/one of the greatest cartoonists who has ever lived retired the much-loved comic strip. While every fan including yours truly wishes that more new strips would be forthcoming, there’s also an acceptance and admiration for Watterson finishing Continue Reading

  Now this my friends is how you conduct a daring and incredibly fun-filled sociological experiment. You come up with deliberately provocative but still hilarious book titles, go onto crowded New York City subway and read away as if you’re reading something charmingly innocuous like Little Women or Harry Potter. Continue Reading

  I have always been drawn to exquisitely colourful, imaginative artwork. But these works by Korean artist jeeyoung lee, all of which are created inside her four metre square studio are breathtakingly leaps and bounds beyond anything I’ve seen before. They are worlds and universes unto themselves, telling a story even Continue Reading

  Identity cuts to the very core of what it means to be human. Without it, we are faceless, stateless, bereft of connections and a sense of belonging, the very connections to people, places and memories that make us who we are gone. Find Me by Laura van den Berg Continue Reading

  David G. Lloyd, University of South Australia Terry Pratchett once told me that he didn’t actually recommend beginning your relationship with the Discworld through his first novel in the series, The Colour of Magic (1983). That’s because hindsight is 20:20. When Terry wrote “The First Discworld Novel” in 1983 Continue Reading

  I am not good at giving up on something before its natural end. (With the exception of cleaning up my room where there is no such thing as stopping too early.) This applies to eating meals, where I must finish all the food on my plate – blame my Continue Reading

  I love books by celebrities. And by that I mean clever, funny, insightful, whimsical, well-written books by celebrities that surprise and amuse, delight and make you think such as Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned (2014), Aziz Ansari’s Modern Romance: An Investigation (2015), Continue Reading