Book Bytes: Stoner by John Williams
Welcome to the second in our Book Bytes series on Global Comment, where will review books in a short video format. This first instalment has Nasser Ali Khasawneh talking about how much he enjoyed...
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The wisdom of the fantasy novel
“The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgement” These are the words of guidance priest Berandol...
READ: Something Special #65 – Taylor Cadle
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 /...
Global Comment’s Book Club: November 2025
Last month, László Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and, taking advantage of that momentum, we've put together this selection of short reads for the month. Nobel Prize...
Great Adaptations: Lupin on screen
There’s something irresistibly satisfying about a gentleman thief. The perfect crime, executed with grace and wit, has an elegance that brute force just can’t match. Arsène Lupin, Maurice...
Global Comment’s Book Club: October 2025
Fear takes many shapes, but few last as long as the ones born on the page. Some stories don’t need special effects or a soundtrack to unsettle you, only the quiet pulse of a sentence that knows...
Great Adaptations: Carrie on screen
Over at Five Books For this month, I've been thinking about a different type of Halloween read: the kind of book that leaves you feeling deeply unsettled, so much so that you have to keep putting...
READ: Something Special #59 – What Happens If No One Reads
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 /...
Great Adaptations: My Child And Other Mistakes and Cravings by Ellie Taylor
Normally in this column I take a book that’s been turned into a TV show or film, and see what happens in the shift from page to screen. However, this month over at Five Books For I've been looking...
Global Comment’s Book Club: September 2025
There are books that don’t just talk about cinema, they breathe it. Works that draw back the curtain and allow us to witness how images, ideas and obsessions are transformed into art. Quentin...