Literature Discussions and Book Reviews
Uncomfortable truths aplenty come to mind when you read and absorb J.M. Coetzee’s famous dystopian narrative, Waiting for the Barbarians.Continue Reading
In this post, I continue looking at a select few biographies about mad, bad and dangerous monarchs and masters ofContinue Reading
In this post I continue looking into the subject of factual accuracy in Fiction, and specifically Realistic Fiction and theContinue Reading
This is the rack of “mass market” paperbacks that I see when I stand in the queue, every time IContinue Reading
In previous posts on this subject, I focused on finding a publisher, finding an agent and finding your voice asContinue Reading
There is a lot more to the phenomenon of literary one-hit wonders than you’d think. There are many reasons forContinue Reading
ABOUT TROLLS –There is a whole body of memes about trolls. There are cute troll dolls, like in the 2016Continue Reading
Here is the last part in a series of four posts on the subject of fan fiction versus copyright rules.Continue Reading
The court cases continue Update – May 4, 2021 The Hergé Foundation, known in French as Moulinsart, and formerly knownContinue Reading
To continue the discussion on fan fiction versus copyright, here follows the case of the two “Alephs”, one by Jorge Luis BorgesContinue Reading
This novel, first published 1991, won Ben Okri the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. You might wonder what relevance aContinue Reading
Inspiration has to come from somewhere To make a short story long: Borrowing or infringing? In 1947, Malcolm Lowry’s novelContinue Reading
Grand old man of Canadian literature dies Just last week I gave my copy of Farley Mowat’s Eastern Passage to a friendContinue Reading
Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy – coming up – will be the subject of the 100th book review I’ve written inContinue Reading
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