• Nabina Das mentioned in The Hindu

    – As mentioned previously on this blog, Nabina Das’s “Redness” (read it here) won the first prize in the poetry category in the Unisun Publication’s writing Competition 2009-2010. Read The Hindu‘s report of the prize-giving ceremony here.–Nabina Das’s poetry was…

  • Why are many pornographic novels written as if by a woman?

    Warning: the material below may disturb some. Angela Carter (1878 1978)  in The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History answers: Many pornographic novels are written in the first person as if by a woman, or use a woman as the…

  • Whoever sent me this, Thank you.

    – 0 The generous giver’s identity has been revealed. Thank you!

  • Blue Valentine

    On Tuesday I saw the excellent Blue Valentine in the West End. A lot has already been written about Derek Cianfrance’s film and its unconventional structure, which cuts between the beginning and the end of the central love story. I don’t…

  • Will you take me to that beach?

    Maybe one day. “A beach in Saint-Malo, a harbour town, in Brittany, but a little closer to my part of Brittany (but still not exactly there). August 2005.”

  • Alistair Noon in The Black Herald

    Image cover © Emily Richardson 2008 (Still from the film Cobra Mist) Design: Sandrine Duvillier. Alistair Noon has new work published in the début issue of The Black Herald. Check out this new magazine here.  – Alistair Noon’s poetry and creative non-fiction were published in issue…

  • Black Heart Magazine interviews Gillian Sze

    Laura Roberts of Black Heart Magazine interviews Branch Magazine editor Gillian Sze. Read the article here. – Read Gillian Sze’s Cha profile. –

  • Sapling interviews Eddie Tay

    Eddie Tay, Reviews Editor of Cha, is interviewed by Sapling, a weekly newsletter about the world of independent publishing published by Black Lawrence Press. Each issue of Sapling is packed with useful information including a literary contest currently accepting submissions;…

  • On pleasures

    – John Guillory in “It Must Be Abstract” has the following to say about ‘pleasures’: Complex pleasures may be mixtures of pleasure and pain, but complex pleasures are only preferable to simple ones when it is complex pleasures that we…

  • The King’s Speech

    Last night, we went to watch The King’s Speech in the local cinema. The house was full, even for the ten-o’clock showing. I have liked Colin Firth since his charming turn as Darcy in Andrew Davies’s 1995 BBC adaptation of…