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The Question Mark
A chief neurosurgery resident marks the incision—literally a question mark—then faces an aneurysm rupture mid-operation while his wife goes into labour.
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Take a Minute
After twenty years of failed deals and near misses, a senior accountant confronts the arithmetic of ambition — and the cost of never quite closing.
The Night Guest (Review)
Hildur Knutsdottir’s The Night Guest strips horror back to its barest essentials — ambiguity, dread, and the quiet terror of losing yourself — offering a rare, restrained alternative to the ...
A Suitable Arrangement
Wickedly observant and unapologetically layered, A Suitable Arrangement is a masterful depiction of class, marriage, and the modern Indian man’s fractured ego.
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Psycho-social Dwarfism from Homeschooling?
Living in a bubble, in a comfort zone, is not a long-term solution to a successful community and a prosperous planet.
Bumba Meu Boi
In Bumba Meu Boi, a workplace meltdown transforms into a rhythmic revelation. Language isn’t just expression—it’s exorcism. From the haunting echo of Juggernaut to the liberating chant of Bumba Meu ...
Victorian Psycho: A Chilling Descent into Madness—Coming February 2025
Victorian Psycho plunges you into the eerie depths of a crumbling mansion where nothing is as it seems, and the line between sanity and madness blurs. Virginia Feito masterfully weaves ...
Deaf Grandma
A man is more than his worst deed.
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Love Decoded: Exploring Psychological and Synthetic Affections
Eye contact can ignite passionate feelings, revealing the powerful and often surprising triggers behind the emotion we call love.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: GRAPHIC DESIGNER – PRINT, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND INTERACTIVE DESIGN
We are looking for a passionate, innovative graphic designer who can make a significant impact in print, digital, and interactive media. If you are eager to apply your game design ...
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BOOK REVIEW: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SON
This is a novel that on the surface feels quite innocent, but which has a deeply troubling core. In the current refugee crisis it is a novel of which we ...
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BOOK REVIEW: 19 CLAWS AND A BLACK BIRD: STORIES
Written in her deliciously dark tone, Bazterrica’s claws puncture polite society’s fragile membrane, revealing the darkness writhing beneath.
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BOOK REVIEW: A GIFT OF GEOLOGY, ANCIENT LANDSCAPES AND MONUMENTS
A personal investigation into land, and its role in forging a civilisation.
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BOOK REVIEW: RIVER SPIRIT
A sense of inevitability pervades “River Spirit ” as seven narrators negotiate the personal, political and religious challenges of Sudan in the late nineteenth century.
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BOOK REVIEW: ALL YOUR CHILDREN, SCATTERED
A story that crosses four generations of a family, “All Your Children, Scattered” looks at how communication breaks down, and how it might be repaired.
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BOOK REVIEW: THE COLOUR LINE
Scego blends Italy’s contentious past and present, unearthing the layers beneath Rome’s glittering surface.
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BOOK REVIEW: A MOUNTAIN TO THE NORTH, A LAKE TO THE SOUTH, PATHS TO THE WEST, A RIVER TO THE EAST
This novel simply is. Give it the time and attention it deserves and it will stay with you for the rest of your life
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BOOK REVIEW: THE AGE OF GOODBYES
Li reanimates the yearnings and struggles of Chinese-Malaysian women over the years, and presents a vivid sense of place.
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BOOK REVIEW: GHOST TOWN
Several days after finishing the book, something dawned on me in a way I’ve never experienced before… a sort of quiet marvelling.
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BOOK REVIEW: PINA
Translated from French by Jeffrey Zuckerman, Pina, which won the 2017 Eugène Dabit Prize, is a rebuke of the romanticised ideals of Tahiti and its golden sands.