Global Comment’s Book Club: March 2025
In the history of literature, many women writers used male pseudonyms to be accepted by an industry that underestimated the quality of their work. These pseudonyms gave credibility and served as...
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Great Adaptations: Murder on the Orient Express on film and audio
When Murder on the Orient Express was first published in 1934, it caused quite a stir amongst critics. Its ingenious twist ending (no spoilers here!) challenged conventional mystery tropes and...
Global Comment’s Book Club: February 2025
2025 is promising some incredible adaptations of books onto the screen. And because we want you to keep those pages turning, we're bringing you three great stories you can start reading before they...
Great Adaptations: Chocolat on film
Hi, and welcome to this month's Great Adaptations, where we're looking at the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris and the 1990 film of the same name, starring Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and Dame Judi...
“Part dictionary, part philosophical treatise”: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
The English language has an estimated one million words, though many are gifts from other languages. The Eton Institute suggests that the average English speaker has a vocabulary somewhere between...
“A visceral understanding of the obstacles that define Palestinians’ daily existence”: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall is a compelling exploration of personal tragedy interwoven with the systemic struggles of life under Israeli occupation. This non-fiction narrative...
Global Comment’s Book Club: January 2025
The first few days of any new year always feel like a strange, frozen state. But as January draws to a close, it's time to catch up, including on your reading list for 2025. Save this post, because...
Latin America on screen: 3 great book adaptations to start 2025
2024 brought some literary pleasures into my life: a posthumous Gabriel García Márquez book was published, and some of my favorite books by Latin American authors were brought to the screen in the...
Great Adaptations: Jilly Cooper’s Rivals on TV
Ah, Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. Have you seen it yet? Have you read the book? If not, then run, don’t walk - the book is brilliant and the recent Disney+ adaptation is the most fun you can have with...
“Just because a thing is not surprising doesn’t mean it hurts any less”: the Neil Gaiman allegations and American Gods
Some years ago, a friend of mine became a mistress to an Oscar-nominated director. She confided that he did not treat her very well. She also confided that his wife knew everything, and was being...