What separates a good action film from a great one? I'm sure there are many possible answers to...
Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya 明呀 Powles (Focus: New Zealand/Borneo/China/UK)
Language and multilingualism, the emotions associated with learning a heritage language, living in...
Mini-ep: Un homme, ça ne pleure pas by Faïza Guène (Algeria/France) – English trans.: Men Don’t Cry
On this journey, a casual tour of this French Algerian novel exploring - Alienation between...
Finding Mr Perfectly Fine by Tasneem Abdur-Rashid (UK/Bengali)
Finding Mr Perfectly Fine by Tasneem Abdur-Rashid is a newly-published romantic comedy that...
There’s No Melancholy in Modernity (Film: Persuasion, 2022 (UK))
The new film adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion was introduced to me through generally...
Dubliners by James Joyce (Ireland)
In the past year or so, I have been feeling a lingering fatigue with the indignant, in-your-face...
Extracts: I Refuse to Condemn, ed. by Asim Qureshi
I Refuse to Condemn is not the type of book I find easy to review; it's a complex interweaving of...
Review: I Refuse to Condemn ed. by Asim Qureshi
I've been thinking about this book for a while after finishing it and I've come to the conclusion...
Ep. 46. How Do We Measure Motherhood? (Theme: Motherhood in Literature)
On this journey, I'm joined by Safiya as we discuss how the theme of motherhood appears in...
Thoughts: I Refuse to Condemn ed. by Asim Qureshi
I don't often accept advance reading copies of books because I already have so many books I...
Ep. 41: Are You What They Say You Are? (Focus: France/Algeria: Zahia Rahmani’s Trilogy)
On this journey, I'm joined by Nour and Assia as we discuss What is our responsibility towards our...
Review: The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla (UK)
This book has been extremely popular since it came out. Hari Kunzru declares on the front cover...
Ep. 36. UK: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
On this journey, I explore Do we give an author another try if we don't like a book? Complex...
Ep. 31. Sudan/UK: Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela
On this journey: Appreciating insight into writers' inspiration. People from different backgrounds...
Ep. 28. France/Brazil: Le Petit Prince + The Alchemist by Antoine de St-Exupéry + Paulo Coelho
On this journey I'm joined by Sina: Reading habits in Ramadan, Learning from opposing opinions of...
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