The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri

The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri recounts the story of Nuri and Afra’s journey from their home in Aleppo…

Normal People – Teenage Romanticism

In between reading this before the hype and reading this again after the tv series hype, I have managed to…

Edward Estlin Cummings (often stylised as e e cummings in line with his poetic style) was born in Massachusetts in…

A couple years ago, I set out to read a book published for every year I have been alive (1995…

Elizabeth Bishop was born in 1911 to William and Gertrude Bishop, her father died 8 months after she was born…

Hormonal: A Conversation About Women’s Bodies, Mental Health and Why We Need to Be Heard by Eleanor Morgan sets out…

Fleur Adcock was born in New Zealand in 1934, and has spent much of her life split between New Zealand…

Published in 1961, Yates debut, Revolutionary Road is certainly a masterpiece. It centres around Frank and April Wheeler, a married…

Stevie Smith was born 1902 into an interesting mix. The marriage between her parents disintegrated early and her father ran…

Whether Sylvia Plath needs yet another biography is fair to question (and whether the internet needs me to discuss Plath…