Literary Radar
Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.
Why a book about witch trials feels weirdly relevant today | Independent | 19/08/2019
Philippa Gregory’s ‘Tidelands’ is a sobering reminder that fear of witches looked a lot like shorthand for the fear and loathing of women’s bodies, writes books columnist Ceri Radford.
7 Great mysteries about rare books and bibliophiles | Crime Reads | 16/08/2019
History abounds with tales of obsessive bibliophilic greed, betrayal, theft, blackmail, fraud, assault, and murder.
Too busy? Distracted by your phone? How to love reading again | The Guardian | 14/08/2019
If reading has given way in your life to social media and other distractions, it can be hard to return to books - but these tips could help.
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The Tale of Genji: The world’s first novel? | BBC.com | 14/08/2019
Written 1,000 years ago, the epic story of 11th-Century Japan, The Tale of Genji, was written by Murasaki Shikibu, a woman.
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Toni Morrison, Remembered By Writers | The New Yorker | 10/08/2019
This august, Toni Morrison died in New York at the age of eighty-eight. In the days after, writers reflect on her life and on their experience of reading her work.
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What Were People Reading in the Summer of ’69? | The New York Times | 9/08/2019
Let's look back to the summer of 1969 to see what people were reading 50 years ago.