People say that writing a big, fat novel is hard. As a person who is currently writing a big, fat novel - I tend to agree. However, as writer Junot Díaz once observed, the novel can take a lot of...
Contemporary conversations about love often revolve around the search for the right partner, as if emotional fulfillment depended mainly on finding someone who completes us. Far less attention is...
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 /...
This month’s Five Books For theme is historical detectives and it has a kind of inevitability about it, given that detective fiction is my favourite genre - and there are so many wonderful books to...
The boom in TV series that are based on romantic novels has not happened by accident. Readers have spent years longing for adaptations that honor the emotional pulse of the stories and don’t reduce...
This month, we're bringing you a selection of titles that are shaping up to be some of the most talked-about releases of 2026. These books stand out for the strength of their ideas, the prestige of...
From the moment you pick up Literary Gardens by Sandra Lawrence, it becomes clear that the book offers an immersion into a realm where literature and imagination engage in constant dialogue. It is a...
Over at Five Books For this month, we’ve been talking about 20th century classics that are truly enjoyable to read - not necessarily fun exactly, but each of this month’s books have something...
Mark Lorch, University of Hull; Alina Patelli, Aston University; Ana M Queirós, Plymouth Marine Laboratory; Anna Bedenk-Smith, University of Lincoln; Benjamin Curtis, Nottingham Trent University;...
A new chapter is unfolding in the world of literary adaptations, with a wide variety of titles planned for 2026. From beloved classics such as Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights to recent works such...
