As the year comes to an end, energy is also waning and time seems to be running out. But this is not the moment to stop the urge to read, as there are plenty of great books that come with few pages....
This month at Five Books For, I've been exploring historical fiction and I'm so excited to share here one of my favourite books of all time and the absolutely brilliant adaptation of it which I hope...
Czech author and illustrator Anna Rajmon, whose book Elis: Irish Call Girl has been reviewed for Global Comment by me this month, was gracious enough to grant me some of her time to discuss the...
In Elis: Irish Call Girl, Czech author and illustrator Anna Rajmon tells her story of working in the Irish sex trade. Her purpose in doing so is to warn any young women thinking of entering this...
As the horrors take over the night during Halloween, we are bringing you the best books with scary stories to get you in the mood. Here are some of the masters of the genre, with tales that have...
This month over at Five Books For, we're discussing gothic-ish classics, given that it's October. I know lots of us go in for reading or watching something spooky around this time of year in honour...
We are really thrilled to have a new series on Global Comment, Book Bytes, where we will review books in a short video format. This first instalment has Nasser Ali Khasawneh talking about how...
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
Summer, vacations and endless days of sunbathing by a pool are over. While you are re-adjusting to the schedules of classes and work, we'll delve into some young adult books around the classroom to...
This month over at Five Books For we've been looking at clever thrillers - the kind of thriller that not only keeps you compulsively turning the pages but has characters you care for, brilliant...
