Airini Beautrais is the author of Ockham award-winning short story collection Bug Week, and Salt Quilt, her latest collection of poetry. Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and…
This week’s Poet’s Corner contribution comes from Rory Kennett-Lister in Adelaide. Clip with sharp steel. Weed as you go. like wind over fields. Choose sprinkle over stream. There will always be brown so look for green Cast your eye at…
FOR Northwich poet, Ben Zahl, writing is an essential anchor which guided him through anxiety, professional burnout, and a life-changing motorbike crash. Today, comfortably settled in his adopted home town, Ben - or Half Beard Half Poet as he is known…
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting – over and over announcing your placein the family of things. About halfway through the novel, she…
New Statesman The author’s latest supernatural fiction, The Rouse, challenges the novel’s form by subverting the conventional structure of a book The Goldsmiths Prize exists to reward fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form.
Imagine a spectrum of slim, bookish-vibes brunettes who’d seem interchangeable from a great distance, but who are not. I’m at one end of that spectrum, megastar Natalie Portman the other. The acclaimed as well as quite pretty British author Rachel…
Brittle Paper Bhakti Shringarpure’s Leila Aboulela: Writing as Refuge, the First Biography of the Sudanese Writer, Launches at SOAS on 10 November 2026 SOAS University of London will host the launch of Leila Aboulela: Writing as Refuge, a new biography of the…
Taushif Patel is an entrepreneur, media professional, digital marketer, and editorial contributor associated with Teams Applaud, a digital media and news platform covering business, technology, leadership, entertainment, startups, lifestyle, and global trends. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of…
Lucknow, Nov 5 (PTI) A father’s memories of cities, a child’s attempt to draw a perfect circle, an ordinary day that slips past unnoticed and a mother’s refusal to remain silent when silence becomes a moral failing – familiar experiences and images…
Reading a long story can be challenging for young children. However, a four-year-old boy from Bengaluru, Karnataka, has earned a place in the India Book of Records after reading 1,676 English words from a storybook chapter in less than 27 minutes. Atharva…
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