Recently, I was given Miroslav Penkov's East of the West collection. Never heard of him? Either had I. While Penkov is a debut author, Rodney Hall's latest collection, Silence, comes to us from the pen of a true master. Read more

I have been reading Murakami’s 1Q84 for some weeks now. I am a slow reader and it is a big book. But that isn’t why it has taken so long. This has been a very busy period for me personally and I haven’t had the hours and hours of reading time I usually enjoy. Which is one explanation for why I have been feeling a little bit odd lately. Reading is my mental safety valve. I have... Read more